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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: Is there a way in Fortran to designa   
   05 Oct 24 06:39:10   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 23:10:29 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
      
   > Yup, Perl, not Curl.  AutoLisp.   
      
   Poor you. The idiosyncratic syntax of Lisp without the redeeming advanced   
   features.   
      
   > Yes, I am porting from Open Watcom C++ and F77 to Simply Fortran C++ and   
   > GFortran right now.  Lots of new stuff that I won't use.  Incredibly   
   > better error detection, especially on variable types and bounds.   
      
   If I were you, I would look for opportunities to simplify things in that   
   Fortran code by using new features, where I have to make major   
   modifications to those parts anyway.   
      
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