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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Thomas Koenig   
   Re: Implicit Semicolons And Statement-Co   
   06 Feb 24 21:32:31   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 6 Feb 2024 19:00:04 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
      
   > And the chances of the committee changing that now, 33 years after   
   > free-form Fortran came out, infinitesimal.   
      
   Removing a restriction is a backward-compatible change.   
      
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