FORTRANSIT

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
FORTRANSIT

   <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)