From: garylscott@sbcglobal.net   
      
   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?   
   >   
      
   This was always, and remains device dependent.   
      
   > As an aside, back in the 1970's, working on an   
   > IBM 360, where we handed in a stack of punch cards   
   > to be run and got the output some time later as a   
   > print-out, I once accidentally put a "c" in as the   
   > first character in a line of output, and this caused   
   > an endless paper feed, until the operator stopped   
   > it. I got a stern note never to run that program   
   > again, on top of a thick stack of blank paper.   
      
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