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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 21:55:14 -0000 (UTC)
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On 1 Oct 2024 18:39:26 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:47:07 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> I would wrap that in some kind of more user-friendly frontend, that
>> would accept more forgiving input, and properly pack it into the
>> necessary fixed-length fields for the backend.
> 
> Maybe you would but the FDLE doesn't seem to be so inclined.

The difference between those who think about users, and those who don’t.