Editing WATFIV (section)

{{Short description|Implementation of the Fortran computer programming language}}
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'''WATFIV''' ('''Waterloo FORTRAN IV'''), developed at the [[University of Waterloo]], Canada is an implementation of the [[Fortran]] computer [[programming language]]. It is the successor of '''WATFOR'''.<!--incoming redirect-->

WATFIV was used from the late 1960s into the mid-1980s. WATFIV was in turn succeeded by later versions of WATFOR.
Because it could complete the three usual steps ("compile-link-go") in just one pass, the system became popular for teaching students computer programming.