From: NOSPAMigor@transilvania.org   
      
   -=> 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.   
      
      
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