On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I rather liked Basic FORTRAN IV (that's what it
was called). A
minimal functional subset; no logical IFs, ASSIGNed GOTOs, object-
time FORMAT or named COMMON. Just a handful of statements that you
could pretty much compile and run anywhere.
I remember doing object-time FORMAT in about 1970 at George Washington
University on my father's faculty account. But, ... maybe that was in
WATFOR.
(I was printing out depth of focus tables for some lenses)
Yes, a real programmer can write a FORTRAN IV program in FORTRAN 77.
But, I was teaching it (1983), and besides my professional responsibility
to include the enhancements, some of my students liked to explore.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at
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