From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/4/2024 12:46 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 23:44:24 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   >   
   >> I started writing Fortran IV in 1975.  Been down a lot of roads since   
   >> then.  I've written software in Fortran IV and 77, Pascal, C, C++, Curl,   
   >> etc.  They are all running together now, I am getting old.   
   >   
   > You mean “Perl” (the language) instead of “Curl” (which is just a   
   download   
   > tool)?   
   >   
   > No Lisp-type languages? Some of them can do your head in. Assembler? SQL?   
   > POSIX shells? JavaScript? My favourite, Python?   
   >   
   > Some cool stuff in modern Fortran: free-form layout, with no more column   
   > numbers! Format strings can come from expressions within the I/O   
   > statement, so there is no more need for statement numbers at all. Types   
   > can have a limited form of parameterization, even allowing for function   
   > overloading. There are structured types, even object orientation.   
      
   Yup, Perl, not Curl.  AutoLisp.  IBM 370 Assembly.  Java.  Basic.  Lots   
   of shell language.   
      
   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.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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