14 Dec
2014
14 Dec
'14
12:10 p.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
Guzis
Sent: 14 December 2014 20:03
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Subject: Re: Favourite text based word processing software
On 12/14/2014 09:10 AM, Peter Coghlan wrote:
Having written X.25 Networking Software in Fortran-77 on an IBM 370 (among
other systems) because my employer wanted it to be portable I think a line
mode editor in Fortran might be fun.
On the other hand I think your experience with Fortran programming at
College is typical of that many received. I remember the classes when I was
an under graduate at Newcastle upon Type poly. Too many students and
inexperienced staff meant many never really learned Fortran properly.
Fortunately I had already learnt Fortran II at school when was 17 , and
Fortran 77 was a simple upgrade.....
Dave
Many years after performing this somewhat less
than useful task, my
advice is:
don't write your word processor in FORTRAN IV
on an IBM S/370.
On the other hand, WPs can be written quite
successfully in BASIC running
on
a 3.5MHz 8085, given the necessary "hooks"
(e.g. direct video displays).
Pretty much full-featured too, with font changes and all of the usual
stuff.
--Chuck