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From: ron@gsbmva.uchicago.edu (Ronald J. Rangel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: FORTRAN
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Date: 25 Oct 89 16:39:26 GMT
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It is pretty funny reading messages about programmers bashing FORTRAN.
There are computer languages that are better suited for some tasks than
other computer languages.  To say "FORTRAN stinks!" or " C is for
techno-geek-wimps" is silly.  They are just tools.  "If all you have is
a hammer then everything looks like a nail." applies here.  Another
would be "There are no bad computer languages just dumb programmers
who don't know how or when to use them."

Ron