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From: wright@stardent.Stardent.COM (David Wright @stardent)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Fortran (or anything else) is efficient?
Message-ID: <1990Jul12.011358.4130@Stardent.COM>
Date: 12 Jul 90 01:13:58 GMT
Organization: Stardent Computer, Newton MA
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In article <2306@l.cc.purdue.edu>, cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:

>I understand that Fortran 90 is eliminating or restricting some of the useful,
>but not much used, features of Fortran considered bad by language gurus. 
>The use of an ASSIGNED goto, especially without list, can make life 
>difficult for the automatic optimizer, but it can sure speed up a program.

They also make life hell for the poor bastard who gets stuck maintaining
a program that some efficiency freak coded.  Assigned gotos are an
abomination, and anybody who uses one should be flogged around the public
square at high noon.

  -- David Wright, not officially representing Stardent Computer Inc
     wright@stardent.com  or  uunet!stardent!wright

Actually, I didn't want to *gently* chide Jake.  I wanted to castrate
him and run his balls up the flagpole to see if anyone saluted them. 
Besides Jake.  -- Jack Douglas