<s>
FACT	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
discontinued	O
computer	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Datamatic	O
Division	O
of	O
Minneapolis	O
Honeywell	O
for	O
its	O
model	B-Device
800	I-Device
series	O
business	O
computers	O
in	O
1959	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
an	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
COBOL	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FACT	O
was	O
an	O
influence	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
predecessor	O
languages	O
credited	O
in	O
all	O
COBOL	B-Application
manuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
elements	O
of	O
FACT	O
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
COBOL	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
non-procedural	O
report	O
generator	O
based	O
on	O
specifying	O
the	O
appearance	O
of	O
the	O
desired	O
report	O
(	O
Report	O
Section	O
in	O
COBOL-66	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Validity	O
checks	O
on	O
procedural	B-Application
statements	O
(	O
clause	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
About	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
short	O
range	O
committee	O
began	O
developing	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Roy	O
Nutt	O
,	O
1	O
of	O
the	O
3	O
principals	O
of	O
CSC	O
,	O
began	O
working	O
with	O
that	O
committee	O
on	O
COBOL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
not	O
clear	O
if	O
he	O
ever	O
came	O
back	O
to	O
implement	O
FACT	O
,	O
or	O
if	O
Honeywell	O
concentrated	O
their	O
programming	O
effort	O
on	O
a	O
COBOL	B-Application
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
code	O
samples	O
from	O
the	O
simple	O
payroll	O
application	O
in	O
the	O
show	O
the	O
fixed-form	O
nature	O
of	O
FACT	O
and	O
its	O
similarities	O
with	O
COBOL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
