On Feb 8, 2010, at 6:50 PM, N0body H0me wrote:
Let's see--the last standard revision to FORTRAN
was Fortran 2003;
that to Algol was, what, Algol-68?
Umm I still like Fortran IV. I know you can get II or IV for the
PDP8.
Here, here. The thing that impressed me about FORTRAN (well, as
as science major, anyway) was that it could do complex numbers as
a *NATIVE* datatype!! Now, I know for you OOP and C++ guys, custom,
exotic datatypes are a dime a dozen. But in 1980, I was sure glad
I could do complex math without all of the extra baggage that would
have been necessary if I had to use, say, BASIC-Plus.
Yeah, but how often do those C++ custom exotic datatypes map to
real datatypes supported by the hardware? (in other words, which
ones will actually be FAST?)
Now I'm all nostalgic. Time to dredge up the the
ol' 11/73 from
storage . . . .
That sounds like the Right Thing To Do(tm).
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL