From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   > On Sat, 27 Jan 2024 11:04:21 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >   
   >> Fortran 90 was a modern programming language including all   
   >> the useful features of C (except unsigned numbers), but surpassing it in   
   >> power by far.   
   >   
   > It even does recursive functions/subroutines. But you must explicitly   
   > declare them RECURSIVE, which C doesn’t.   
      
   It's the functionality that counts, not the syntax.   
      
   > On the plus side, seems it has a proper MODULE import facility   
   > (reminiscent of Ada), as opposed to relying on the #include hack.   
      
   One of the useful things (although it took SUBMODULEs to realize its   
   whole potential).   
      
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