Herong's Tutorial Examples: History

Free Chinese Calendar 2026 - Year of the Horse
Want to know when is the 2026 Chinese New Year day? Look for free Chinese calendars for 2026? Chinese New Year Date for Year 2026 ⇒ Free Chinese Calendar 2027 - Year of the Goat ⇐ Free Chinese Calendar 2025 - Year of the Snake ⇑ Chinese New Year Dates in 2021 to 2030 ⇑⇑ Free Chinese Calendars 2026-02-17, ≈153🔥, 1💬

💬 2026-02-17 Mariah Carey: Thanks

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Compilation and Execution Process of C Programs
This section describes steps of the compilation and execution process of C programs: preprocessing, compilation, assembly, linking and loading. 2023-11-14, ≈86🔥, 30💬

💬 2023-11-14 Srinu: Good

💬 2023-04-16 Tasaduk: Great it was easy for me to understand on your site thanks once again

💬 2021-07-28 jungkook jeon: very helpful. thank u so much for your explanation

💬 2021-02-14 Herong: Theo, thanks for the nice comment!

💬 2021-02-05 Theo Bruelhart: Dr. Herong Yang: I do appreciate the clarity and simplicity of your explanation. Thank you!

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Java Compilation and Execution Processes
This section provides a quick introduction of Java compilation and execution process. 2020-04-30, ∼7048🔥, 10💬

💬 2020-04-30 Abdul Razzaq from Pakistan: Thanks Yiu

💬 2016-12-04 ak: Thx

💬 2016-09-22 rodriguesss: thanks

💬 2016-03-05 Shohel: THanks lot

💬 2016-01-05 Rishika: THANK U

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Storing FORTRAN Program Code on Punch Cards
This section provides a quick introduction of syntax rules of early versions of FORTRAN language related to punch cards used to store FORTRAN program codes. 2020-03-07, ∼5754🔥, 3💬

💬 2020-03-07 Herong: Brian, You are right. There is no need to use the sequence field when programs are stored in files. But when programs are stored...

💬 2020-03-06 Brian: You might want to note that the sequence number field, columns 73-80, are completely optional.

💬 2020-02-29 maria: nice

Setting Up a Gopher Server on Linux Systems
This section provides a quick introduction of setting a Gopher server on a Linux system. 2023-06-22, ∼3752🔥, 6💬

💬 2023-06-22 Herong: Supratim, thank you for sharing the information!

💬 2023-06-22 Supratim Sanyal: Amazing - still works in 2023 with gcc 9.4.0. All it needs is commenting out the "extern char *sys_errlist[];" scattered around ...

💬 2022-08-02 Herong: Mark, yes. You need to setup fort forwarding on your router to provide access to the Gopher server on a local network.

💬 2022-07-26 Mark: Does a Gopher server need to have port forwarding configured to be accessible outside the local network?

💬 2016-12-07 Herong: Gopher does not support any form submission. You need to use HTTP, the Web page protocol.

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FORTRAN 77 - Example Program Code
This section provides a simple example program code of FORTRAN 77 language. 2022-01-30, ∼2550🔥, 7💬

💬 2022-01-30 Herong: Jeff, you are right. That's a big typo. It will be corrected.

💬 2022-01-26 Jeff Payne: Write(6, 601)should be write(6,20). 20 is the Format statement to print the sides and area. I used to program in Fortran for ove...

💬 2020-04-06 Herong: I think WRITE(9,*) will direct output to the printer.

💬 2020-03-25 Bruce Little manager@rec-land.co: What is the syntax to write to the default printer or LPT1,or PRN in win 10 32 bit?

💬 2017-08-03 Herong: Can someone with a FORTRAN compiler to verify this? Thanks.

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What Is Gopher
This section provides a quick introduction of the Gopher protocol that allows distributed documents to be linked and presented as a hierarchy of items and directories. 2023-05-27, ∼2437🔥, 3💬

💬 2023-05-27 Harshita: This is very easy

💬 2018-12-08 Herong: Agree. Gopher was so easy to use with a keyboard on a text screen ☺

💬 2018-12-06 me: so nice piece of history, thx

Full Version in PDF/EPUB
Information on how to obtain the full version of this book in PDF, EPUB, or other formats. 2016-08-27, ∼1656🔥, 2💬

💬 2016-08-27 sp: Thank you.

💬 2015-12-13 Samiul: Thank you.

Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes
This book is a collection of notes on computer history. Major topics include: 1957: FORTRAN Language by IBM; 1970: UNIX OS by AT&T Bell Labs; 1971: FTP by Abhay Bhushan; 1972: C Language by Dennis Ritchie; 1976: vi Editor by Bill Joy; 1977: Apple II by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak; 1977: The... 2022-10-01, ∼1383🔥, 0💬

Tcsh Shell Script File Examples
This section provides some Tcsh script file examples. 2022-10-01, ∼1085🔥, 0💬

FORTRAN 66 - Example Program Code
This section provides a simple example program code of FORTRAN 66 language. 2022-10-01, ∼1084🔥, 0💬

What Is FORTRAN
This section provides a quick introduction of FORTRAN language, a general-purpose and procedural programming language. 2015-11-19, ∼917🔥, 3💬

💬 2015-11-19 me: Nice retention of previous examples

💬 2015-11-19 cliff: Hello

💬 2015-11-19 Clifford: This is cool!

TCC - Tiny C Compiler
This section provides a quick introduction of Tiny C Compiler developed by Fabrice Bellard in 2002. 2022-10-01, ∼853🔥, 0💬

Apple II Different Models
This section provides an example of Apple II different models - Apple II, Apple II+, Apple IIe, Apple IIc and Apple IIGS. 2022-10-01, ∼806🔥, 0💬

Using Sendmail as a Mail User Agent (MUA)
This section provides an example using Sendmail a Mail User Agent (MUA) to transfer a local email message. 2021-05-26, ∼695🔥, 2💬

💬 2021-05-26 Herong: djj, thanks for your comment.

💬 2021-05-19 djj: Although agreeing that the above is how the MTA should work, I feel it might be worth mentioning that providers in many markets ...

Introduction of .NET Framework
This section provides a quick introduction of the .NET Framework, which was first released in 2002. The .NET Framework provides virtual machine on Windows system to run applications written in different languages. 2016-06-12, ∼657🔥, 1💬

💬 2016-06-12 Satish: Thanku

1979 - The Tcsh (TENEX C Shell) Developed by Ken Greer
This chapter provides some history of Tcsh developed by Ken Greer in 1979 for Unix systems by extending the C shell with file name completion and command line editing. 2020-09-25, ∼532🔥, 1💬

💬 2020-09-25 I: Nice

What Is Tcsh
This section provides a quick introduction of Tcsh - C shell with file name completion and command line editing. 2022-10-01, ∼487🔥, 0💬

Fortran 90 - Example Program Code
This section provides a simple example program code of Fortran 90 language. 2022-10-01, ∼474🔥, 0💬

1991 - WWW (World Wide Web) Developed by Tim Berners-Lee
This chapter provides some history of WWW (World Wide Web), developed by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in 1991. 2022-10-01, ∼459🔥, 0💬

VisiCalc - The First Spreadsheet Application
This section provides an introduction of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet application, for Apple II computers, developed by Dan Bricklin and released in 1979 2022-10-01, ∼457🔥, 0💬

Sample C Program for Arrays and Pointers
This section provides a sample C program using arrays and pointers. strdel(str,n,l) is function that deletes l characters at position n from str. 2022-10-01, ∼424🔥, 0💬

Introduction of PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
This section provides a quick introduction of PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, which was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995. PHP is now a widely-used general-purpose scripting language. 2022-10-01, ∼420🔥, 0💬

Apple Writer - The Most Popular Word Processor
This section describes Apple Writer, the most popular word processor on Apple II computers, developed by Paul Lutus and released in 1979. 2022-10-01, ∼416🔥, 0💬

1991 - Gopher Protocol Created by a University of Minnesota Team
This chapter provides some history of the Gopher protocol and server/client programs created by Mark McCahill, Farhad Anklesaria, Paul Lindner, Dan Torrey, and Bob Alberti of the University of Minnesota in 1991. 2022-10-01, ∼412🔥, 0💬

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