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Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 04:17:28 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 8 Message-ID: <vesngo$3514b$1@dont-email.me> References: <vd8doi$15q07$1@dont-email.me> <vdf6u1$2cn51$16@dont-email.me> <slrnvftfn4.51us.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <vdn5nd$3ssv4$16@dont-email.me> <slrnvfu75g.t6vq.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <kMedne0I3JBuxmL7nZ2dnZfqnPgLyJ2d@earthlink.com> <slrnvgdhcc.2nfc6.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <ve6pfp$2p1hd$8@dont-email.me> <ve8612$33lq0$3@dont-email.me> <ve9vga$3cbkr$4@dont-email.me> <mIdOO.204988$1m96.63811@fx15.iad> <vec4l3$3q4ms$5@dont-email.me> <criOO.380449$WOde.297877@fx09.iad> <20241014080601.00007478@gmail.com> <ln5gklF755tU4@mid.individual.net> <38fb5a91-5d00-be42-4bfe-2a05232a82c1@example.net> <ln7tooFijhpU2@mid.individual.net> <vemfq7$1qobu$5@dont-email.me> <venqec$24hhj$2@dont-email.me> <1420907830.750803935.503389.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <veqh7f$19v5v$1@paganini.bofh.team> <20241017090224.000072ce@gmail.com> <20241017203051.3143245f5330ac675cc1c166@127.0.0.1> <WUqdndxzb5qBRoz6nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 06:17:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="dfe289e3b0a8ce3b90c1b30ae00e2a59"; logging-data="3310731"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+iNBOx3PA9wGj6Vq6Uemon" User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:L87Lk88U80SSZX/U1UjBoS/DWOA= Bytes: 2370 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.