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   Lynn McGuire to All   
   Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Comput   
   10 Feb 26 20:07:37   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/10/2026 2:17 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   an·te·di·lu·vi·an   
   /ˌan(t)ēdəˈlo͞ovēən,ˌan(t)ədīˈlo͞ovēən/   
   adjective   
   adjective: antediluvian   
        of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood.   
      
   One of my long term goals is to support a Basic interpreter in my   
   calculation engine.  But, I have many long term goals.   
      
   Lynn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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