Re: in defense of "star" notation


Richard E Maine wrote:
> In article <1116877463.922435.42030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "e p chandler" <epc8@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Richard E Maine wrote:
>
> > > I well understand the need for the feature, but I don't agree
that
> > > the special syntax is a very good fit to the need.
>
> > Except perhaps on older hardware and in older computing
environments
> > where Fortran 90/95+ is not available.
>
> Oh. I didn't appreciate that you were talking about existing code and

> old environments. It sounded to me like you were advocating for the
use
> of this syntax in new code, particularly with the citations of what
"all
> modern compilers" do with the syntax.
>

Sorry, but someone else made that remark. I simply wanted to explain
its use in very limited circumstances. What came to mind was DOS and
Win 3.1.

.

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