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From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: Look ... [or: one, two, three, many]
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Date: 3 Jan 91 21:09:59 GMT
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In article <19717:Jan220:38:5491@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>> Anonymous voice says:
>> FORTRAN is a subset of C.
>
>This statement refers to much more than language power. In particular, C
>cannot deal with certain features of Fortran syntax. Therefore Fortran
>is not a subset of C. Why are you being facetious?
>
>---Dan

Well, if you write a FORTRAN interpreter in C, I don't see how you can
say that FORTRAN is not a subset of C.  Precisely which "features of
Fortran syntax" is C incapable of handling?  Or have I missed the
point?   -- Darren
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