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From: sergio@sergio.uucp (Sergio Perrone/30000)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: What is the FORTRAN for ?
Keywords: FORTRAN, stupidity
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Date: 26 Jul 90 03:21:06 GMT
References: <1990Jul25.174153.16896@ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <1990Jul25.174153.16896@ecn.purdue.edu> moshkovi@cn.ecn.purdue.edu writes:
>Please, don't consider my question offending, but why the hell in this world
>you people still using FORTRAN, while so many nice C around.
>
>Gene
>
>
>U    U    NN   N     I     X    X
>U    U    N N  N     I       XX 
>U    U    N  N N     I       XX
> UUUU     N   NN     I     X    X

Given the quality of your obviously advanced grasp of the English language,
apparently gained through prolonged and vigorous exposure to a language   
featuring such literate and erudite constructs as '||' and 'char' and
'malloc', I'd say the answer is obvious.

Marc

ps  Stupidity is a good keyword for your posting.

--- Marc Andreessen, IBM AWD Austin, sergio@sergio.austin.ibm.com ---