Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!unixhub!slacvm!ljm From: LJM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Len Moss) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: integer variable format address Message-ID: <91066.151240LJM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> Date: 7 Mar 91 23:12:39 GMT References: <31132@shamash.cdc.com> Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Lines: 34 In article <31132@shamash.cdc.com>, ddh@hare.cdc.com (Dan Horsfall) says: > >In article > maine@altair.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) writes: > >[ ... previous stuff on use of assign for format identifier ... ] > >> >> Now I'd agree that usage of assign is "poor" style... [ ... stuff on fact that ASSIGN is part of Fortran 77 standard ... ] >> -- >> Richard Maine >> maine@altair.dfrf.nasa.gov > >I can't quite go this far with Richard. Granted, this use of assign >is "infrequently" (OK, almost never) used, but that doesn't make it >poor style. >generate for I/O statements, I much prefer [ ... stuff on convenience and efficiency of ASSIGN ... ] I don't know why Mr. Maine considers ASSIGN poor style, but the reason I object to it is that it confuses what should be two entirely separate data types, namely INTEGER and "statement label". > Dan Horsfall +1-612-482-4622 + 4201 Lexington Ave North > Internet ddh@dash.udev.cdc.com + Arden Hills MN 55126 USA -- Leonard J. Moss | My views don't necessarily Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Bin 97 | reflect those of SLAC, Stanford, CA 94309 | Stanford or the DOE