Herong's Tutorial Examples: History

XML Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples
This XML tutorial book is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning XML himself. Topics include introduction to XML, DTD (Document Type Definition), XSD (XML Schema Definition), XPath (XML Path Language), XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language), XSLT (XSL Transf... 2025-07-18, ≈13🔥, 3💬

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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, ∼6971🔥, 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, ∼5595🔥, 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, ∼3658🔥, 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, ∼2501🔥, 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, ∼2360🔥, 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, ∼1612🔥, 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. 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 Bourn... 2022-10-01, ∼1206🔥, 0💬

Tcsh Shell Script File Examples
This section provides some Tcsh script file examples. 2022-10-01, ∼1023🔥, 0💬

FORTRAN 66 - Example Program Code
This section provides a simple example program code of FORTRAN 66 language. 2022-10-01, ∼978🔥, 0💬

What Is FORTRAN
This section provides a quick introduction of FORTRAN language, a general-purpose and procedural programming language. 2015-11-19, ∼866🔥, 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, ∼769🔥, 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, ∼724🔥, 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, ∼645🔥, 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, ∼627🔥, 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, ∼488🔥, 1💬

💬 2020-09-25 I: Nice

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, ∼429🔥, 0💬

What Is Tcsh
This section provides a quick introduction of Tcsh - C shell with file name completion and command line editing. 2022-10-01, ∼413🔥, 0💬

Fortran 90 - Example Program Code
This section provides a simple example program code of Fortran 90 language. 2022-10-01, ∼403🔥, 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, ∼397🔥, 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, ∼375🔥, 0💬

Macintosh - The First GUI Based Personal Computer
This section provides a quick introduction of the original Macintosh, the first commercial personal computer with GUI (Graphical User Interface) developed by Apple Inc. in 1984. 2022-10-01, ∼374🔥, 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, ∼365🔥, 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, ∼358🔥, 0💬

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