History of Fortran

Abstract

Often questions arise that relate to the history of Fortran and to the development of its various standards: "why was feature x included/excluded?", "which statement was in which standard?", "was there a conspiracy to do this, that or the other?", etc. Answers to all these and more can be found in the literature. I have tried to assemble a short list of books and journals that should be relatively easy to find or obtain in a good academic library, in the hope that it can be of service to such enquirers.