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language> Fortran Internal Translator.
A subset of
Fortran translated into
IT on the
IBM 650.
It was in use in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Compilation took place in several steps (using
punched cards
as the only input/output media).
FORTRANSIT was converted to
IT
Internal Translator which was converted into
SOAP and
thence to
machine code.
In the SOAP -> machine code step, the user had to include card
decks for all the subroutines used in his
FORTRANSIT program
(including e.g. square root, sine, and even basic {floating
point} routines).
[
Sammet 1969, p. 141].
(1995-03-30)