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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Comput   
   10 Feb 26 20:17:08   
   
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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:32:10 -0600, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
      
   > We even support common blocks in our F66 interpreter user code so   
   > that variables can be stored from one iteration to the next.   
      
   I expect your customers would appreciate having an extension language   
   that works at a somewhat higher level than Fortran -- and an   
   antediluvian version of Fortran, at that.   
      
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