Re: Why do you still use Fortran?



<mcalhoun@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> * Program flow CAN pass from one paragraph to another, but if a paragraph
> is "called" from somewhere else (the COBOL word is PERFORM), then the
> end of a paragraph causes an automagic "return".

Oh yeah. I remember that feature. While I am tempted to comment further,
prudence dicates otherwise. This doesn't really seem the right group for
what I'd say about it anyway. Perhaps something like alt.obscenties.
:-)

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