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From: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Help us defend against VMS!
Message-ID: <7493@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 88 22:29:10 GMT
References: <1636@tulum.UUCP> <20268@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <4080@megaron.arizona.edu> <4125@megaron.arizona.edu> <733@cresswell.quintus.UUCP>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
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Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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As quoted from <733@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> by ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe):
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| My point that Fortran 8X does not strongly resemble VMS Fortran remains
| unchallenged.  I find it difficult to reconcile that with the claim that
| VMS Fortran is the "de facto industry standard".
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If there is a de-facto industry standard, it would be IBM.  NOT VMS.
-- 
	      Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc
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