Altran
altran
language
A Fortran extension for rational algebra developed by W.S. Brown of Bell Labs ca. 1968.
[“The ALTRAN System for Rational Function Manipulation – A Survey”, A.D. Hall, CACM 14(8):517-521 (Aug 1971)].
(1995-06-01)
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