From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:08:57 +1000, Our Esteemed Moderator wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >[BTW, the current specification of Fortran is longer than that of PL/I.]   
   >   
   >[Perhaps he meant that it was impossible for *him* to master the language.   
   >It does have some odd rough edges, e.g., give or take my recollection of   
   >the syntax:   
   >   
   >  DCL (A,B,C) CHAR(3);   
   >  A = '123';   
   >  B = '456';   
   >  C = A+B;   
   >   
   >What does C contain?  Answer: three spaces. -John]   
      
        There was an even weirder PL/I one that I tried to find but can   
   not.  As I recall, it was five implicit conversions that ended up with   
   a value opposite to the starting value.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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