<s>
FARGO	B-Language
(	O
fourteen-o-one	B-Device
automatic	O
report	O
generation	O
operation	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
predecessor	O
to	O
the	O
RPG	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
FARGO	B-Language
was	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
utility	O
program	O
than	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
whereas	O
RPG	B-Language
had	O
a	O
program	O
generation	O
process	O
that	O
produced	O
an	O
executable	O
object	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
behind	O
FARGO	B-Language
was	O
to	O
facilitate	O
ease	O
of	O
transition	O
for	O
IBM	O
407	O
Accounting	O
Machine	O
technicians	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
IBM	B-Device
1400	I-Device
series	I-Device
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1400	O
series	O
had	O
two	O
assemblers	B-Language
;	O
Symbolic	B-Language
Programming	I-Language
System	I-Language
(	O
SPS	O
)	O
and	O
Autocoder	B-Device
(	O
a	O
more	O
advanced	O
assembler	B-Language
which	O
required	O
more	O
memory	O
than	O
SPS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tabulator	O
machine	O
operations	O
were	O
directed	O
by	O
impulses	O
emitted	O
in	O
a	O
machine	O
cycle	O
;	O
hence	O
,	O
FARGO	B-Language
emulated	O
the	O
notion	O
of	O
a	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FARGO	B-Language
coordinated	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
coding	O
sheets	O
that	O
closely	O
approximated	O
the	O
principles	O
of	O
wiring	O
control	O
panels	O
of	O
tabulating	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
FARGO	B-Language
training	O
material	O
showed	O
the	O
wiring	O
control	O
of	O
panels	O
vs.	O
coding	O
sheet	O
relationships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
important	O
feature	O
of	O
FARGO	B-Language
programs	O
is	O
that	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
specification	O
cards	O
were	O
placed	O
into	O
the	O
FARGO	B-Language
program	O
deck	O
at	O
appropriate	O
locations	O
and	O
then	O
simply	O
run	O
with	O
the	O
data	O
cards	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
deck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FARGO	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
card	O
systems	O
with	O
at	O
least	O
4000	O
positions	O
of	O
Core	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
historically	O
placed	O
emphasis	O
on	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
,	O
and	O
FARGO	B-Language
and	O
1400	O
Autocoder	B-Device
continued	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
some	O
IBM	B-Application
System/360	I-Application
shops	O
by	O
running	O
in	O
"	O
Emulation	O
"	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
and	O
RPG	B-Language
languages	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
emulation	O
because	O
System/360	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
