So-Called Real Programmers and FORTRAN

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Mon May 6 10:07:11 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sellam Ismail [mailto:foo_at_siconic.com]

: reply ( originalmessage -- newdrivel)

">" . .

> function reply(void)
> {

> > > 20 C MY GRIPE WITH PASCAL WAS THAT IT WAS ALL ONE PROGRAM
> > > 30 C EVERY FORTRAN AFTER II COULD HAVE MODULES DEFINED

> > (* Pascal had adherents early, but it remained a teaching
> > language until the early 1980s. Although Turbo Pascal
> > didn't permit modules, it did provide $INCLUDE files,
> > and depending on the application area, you could often
> > accomplish the same thing using includes. *)

> // What about the "uses" directive? I didn't program in
> Pascal a whole
> // lot but I remember when I did need something like a
> graphics library
> // I "use"d it.

(I remember the directive, but it's been a long time since)
(I've used it.)

"too" " " "Me"

> > > 100 STOP

> > END.

> }

;



Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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'
 
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