14 Oct
2013
14 Oct
'13
4:36 p.m.
On 14 October 2013 23:37, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
I'm a bit curious...
What on earth would a FTN (that's what CDC called the extended FORTRAN;
"standard" was RUN) manual be of use to someone today? It's not part of
the Cray-Cyber public access setup (it came later than COS). FTN is a
horribly non-standard dialect of FORTRAN. The EUQIVALENCE/COMMON processor
in the compiler is a nightmare in comment-free ASSIGN-ed GOTOs. "The rule
was "Don't touch it--you'll break it."
Odd question to ask on this list. For nostalgia, for pleasure, for
completing a collection, but /practical applicability/ is about bottom
of the list. Unless you're Tony, anyway.
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