From: garylscott@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 4/4/2024 8:52 AM, Dr. What wrote:   
   > -=> Gary Scott wrote to All <=-   
   >   
   >   GS> On 4/3/2024 7:43 AM, db wrote:   
   >   > When I learned Fortran many years ago, the first   
   >   > character in a line to be printed (or later,   
   >   > displayed) controlled line or page feed. A blank   
   >   > produced a new line, a "1" a new page. We used these   
   >   > to control what happened.   
   >   >   
   >   > These days, this doesn't seem to be the case, so   
   >   > in a sense, Fortran is no longer backward   
   >   > compatible in this one sense. Or is it?   
   >   >   
   >   
   >   GS> This was always, and remains device dependent.   
   >   
   > That's not completely true.   
   >   
   > Using MS-FORTRAN on my vintage computers, I always have to start my   
   > FORMATs   
   > with "1X".  If I fail to do that, the output, even to the screen, chops   
   > off   
   > that first character.   
      
   Hmmm.  I'd say that's precisely what "device dependent" means.  Although   
   some behavior in MS Fortran was just bugs.   
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