<s>
FOR	B-Language
TRANSIT	I-Language
(	O
also	O
incorrectly	O
FORTRANSIT	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
650	I-Device
Magnetic	O
Drum	O
Data-Processing	O
Machine	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
led	O
by	O
Bob	O
Bemer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FORTRAN	B-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
high-level	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
704	I-Device
in	O
1957	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
IBM	O
wanted	O
to	O
provide	O
something	O
similar	O
for	O
customers	O
of	O
the	O
older	O
,	O
less	O
powerful	O
,	O
but	O
popular	O
650	O
—	O
eventually	O
over	O
2000	O
650s	O
were	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FOR	B-Language
TRANSIT	I-Language
was	O
upward	B-General_Concept
compatible	I-General_Concept
with	O
704	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
with	O
some	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FOR	B-Language
TRANSIT	I-Language
was	O
a	O
Multi-pass	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
pass	O
compiled	O
the	O
IT	O
into	O
SOAP	B-Application
assembler	I-Application
code	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
the	O
SOAP	O
code	O
was	O
assembled	O
into	O
the	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
object	B-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FOR	B-Language
TRANSIT	I-Language
was	O
never	O
ported	O
beyond	O
the	O
650	O
,	O
as	O
newer	O
machines	O
had	O
the	O
resources	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
full	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
FOR	B-Language
TRANSIT	I-Language
might	O
have	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
three	O
meanings	O
:	O
</s>
