I wouldn't expect that New Yorker readers know what Fortran is. Surprised
they didn't just make it Windows.
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As if this list wasn't crowded enough already.
cartoon: "How to Avoid Spring Fever", by Roz Chast
magazine: The New Yorker, 23-May-2005
panel caption:
'Read a long, boring book - preferably one
that makes no sence to you at all.'
book title:
"Teach Yourself Fortran"
Pretty long reach by Chast here --
but a check actually shows a surprisingly long sales life for Fortran books
written in the last 15 years.
John A.
I know spring ended yesterday, but just spotted this