Re: Namelist Internal Read

From: Walt Brainerd (walt_at_fortran.com)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:13:17 -0700
To: gary.l.scott@lmco.com

gary.l.scott@lmco.com wrote:

> I've also never quite understood the need for the quirky &.../ syntax.

It's the same reason as the inconsistent names for
the bit intrinsics. I am not sure where namelist
came from originally, but probably some vendor did
it many years ago and some individual thought up
what seemed like a neat scheme at the time.

When it came up for standardization, "existing
practice" was picked, rather than a nicer design.

[Take note, ye who complain that the standards
committee never adopts existing practice.] 

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