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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
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On 10/18/24 12:17 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:50:46 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>> The need for it has been 'depricated'. However it was one of the more
>> confusing bits of the language. You can still see vestiges of it in
>> some Python, even Pascal, fine-formatting commands however.
> 
> C did it better. That’s why so many other languages copied the C-style
> printf language, not Fortran’s FORMAT system.

   No complaint - 'C' is *good*.

   Of course it WAS 'evolutionary' ... BCPL became 'B'
   which became 'C' ... plenty of time for refinements.

   Somewhere I have a BCPL compiler ... gotta hunt .....