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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 6 Mar 2025 05:01:39 GMT
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 02:44:23 -0000 (UTC), Dan Cross wrote:

> At best, he reminds me of Herb Schildt.

There's a name I haven't heard in a long time, he of 'void main(void)' 
fame.

https://www.seebs.net/c/c_tcn4e.html

"C: The Complete Reference is a popular programming book, marred only by 
the fact that it is largely tripe. Herbert Schildt has a knack for clear, 
readable text, describing a language subtly but quite definitely different 
from C."