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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 4 Oct 2024 22:35:48 GMT
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On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 12:15:31 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> On 4 Oct 2024 19:11:29 GMT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 
>> That goes beyond software. Thousands of contiguous acres of dent corn
>> or other crops  might not be the best long term strategy for
>> agriculture.
> 
> Just ask the Irish... :/

But they managed to be a net exporter of food while starving. Just ask the 
Brit beef eaters.