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From: jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: FORTRAN horrors
Message-ID: <558@a.UUCP>
Date: 4 Apr 88 22:26:51 GMT
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Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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Summary: C-standard

> [...] 
> I think the most positive result of Fortran 8X is to make more
> people program in C. If only the C standards committee can keep
> from screwing up that language. 
>
I've read the proposed C standard.  It fixed much of what I consider bad
about the C language.  But it doesn't fix enough.  I don't like C at a 
fundamental level (I don't like expression languages).  It would take a 
lot to interest me in it.  Still, comp.lang.fortran is NOT the place to 
discuss it.

Also, in spite of the fact that the committee probably went to far with
some parts of Fortran 8x (and not far enough with other parts), I still
like it better than I do C.

J. Giles
Los Alamos