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Post #278,950
by tuberculosis
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3/20/07 4:28:21 PM
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New And don't get me started on COMMON blocks
Actually - for number crunching it was tops - better than C or C++. But for structured programming it was kind of awful. Computed gotos? ICK! And no dynamic allocation. We had 3 images for everything laying around - small, medium, and large. Sizes referred to static array allocation sizes.

Yes I did get my start hacking F77 on VAX/VMS systems.

No, I don't miss it at all.


I4 NOW!


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Post #278,953
by tonytib
3/20/07 4:37:01 PM
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New That's too common
I did a bit of FORTRAN programming on HP1000 real time minis (crunching some curves).
--Tony
     The father of FORTRAN died. - (Another Scott) - (5) - March 19, 2007, 09:15:18 PM EDT
         well if you outlive CRC :-) -NT - (boxley) - March 20, 2007, 01:48:33 PM EDT
         FORTRAN (in all uppercase!) comprehensible by humans?!? - (jb4) - (3) - March 20, 2007, 02:13:26 PM EDT
             And don't get me started on COMMON blocks - (tuberculosis) - (1) - March 20, 2007, 04:28:21 PM EDT
                 That's too common - (tonytib) - March 20, 2007, 04:37:01 PM EDT
             It's all relative! - (a6l6e6x) - March 22, 2007, 02:23:02 PM EDT

30%!! My God!! How did you survive the ordeal?!?
33 ms