6 Nov
2006
6 Nov
'06
6:10 p.m.
On 6 Nov 2006 at 17:02, woodelf wrote:
Well after they dropped Sense Switches FORTRAN* has
never been the
same. In many ways FORTRAN is more machine dependant than you think
since FORTRAN compliers range from the the PDP-8 to the PDP-10 and that
is about as different in hardware range as they come.
As in:
IF (SENSE SWITCH 3) 130,240
?
Lessee, if you punch a "B" in column 1, the expression is a boolean
one; an "I" makes it complex arithmetic. And mixed-mode expressions
are a big no-no.
At least that's what I remember from 7090 FORTRAN II (running under
FMS).
Yeah, I guess FORTRAN went downhill when they deprecated the PRINT
and PUNCH statements...
Cheers,
Chuck
Was is READ TAPE n and WRITE TAPE n? It's been way too long...