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===WATFOR 360=== In 1966, the University planned to replace the 7040 with an [[IBM System/360]] computer, which was much faster but not software compatible. A team of full-time employees and undergraduate students was formed to write an IBM 360 version.<ref name="wat">{{cite web |title= Unbundling Computing at The University of Waterloo |author1=Harold Alkema |author2=Kenneth McLaughlin |name-list-style=amp |publisher= University of Waterloo |year= 2007 |url= http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/40th/Chronology/printable.shtml |access-date= April 5, 2011 }}</ref> The project members, Betty Schmidt, Paul Dirksen, [[Paul H. Cress]], Lothar K. "Ned" Kesselhut, Bill Kindree and Dereck Meek, were later joined by Mike Doyle, Rod Milne, Ron Hurdal and Lynn Williams, completed 360 WATFOR in the early part of 1967. Many other institutions (universities, colleges, businesses and governmental agencies) started using the WATFOR compiler to meet needs similar to those experienced at the University of Waterloo. The distribution of the software and customer support was carried on by Sandra Ward.
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