Re: languages influencing Fortran
- From: Richard Edgar <rge21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:04:08 -0500
Mark Morss wrote:
Fortran 95's modules, interfaces and generic routines resemble the
similar, but much more thorogoing, application of these concepts in
Modula 3. I have no idea whether Modula 3 was explicitly influential,
but it does seem that there was an attempt to imitate some of its
functionality.
*thinks back a few years*
Unfortunately, Modula-3's "optional arguments can have default values
set" bit didn't make it into Fortran's OPTIONAL arguments :-(
(Sorry for bringing up this perennial sore point)
Richard
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