FORTRAN article on Slashdot...

From: Rich Townsend (rhdt_at_barVOIDtol.udel.edu)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:57:00 -0500

...I use the term 'FORTRAN' deliberately, since the article is awash
with those who still spell in capitals, still fear arithmetic ifs, and
still claim that C/C++ buried Fortran.

Read about it here:

http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/28/1556221&tid=156

cheers,

Rich

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