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From: rfinch@caldwr.water.ca.gov (Ralph Finch)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: FORTRAN vs. "PC languages"
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Date: 25 May 91 17:30:11 GMT
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I hope this doesn't deteriorate into another argument about:  Fortran
stinks; no it doesn't; yes it does; etc.  Well here goes anyway.

First of all, I think it's quite possible to know and use 2 or 3
languages.  Around here we use Fortran, shell scripts, awk, and IDL
pretty often.  Each has their place, and what's easy to do in one is
difficult in the other.  Rather than junk Fortran for the latest
new-fangled language, I would much rather see Fortran updated more
frequently, at least once every 5 years.
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Ralph Finch			916-445-0088
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Any opinions expressed are my own; they do not represent the DWR