Re: fortran character set

In article <cZadnSdm_LrfPE7bnZ2dnUVZ_vPinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John Harper wrote:

(snip)

The f2003 character set includes the hash mark but not the real pound
sign as defined above, and calls it the number sign.

My understanding is that in countries using the Pound, the script
L character goes in the # character position.

Not in NZ, where the currency used to be pounds but is now dollars.
Every computer I have used here put the hash mark in the # character
position but "pound sign" means script L with - across it.

-- John Harper, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science,
Victoria University, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
e-mail john.harper@xxxxxxxxx phone (+64)(4)463 5341 fax (+64)(4)463 5045
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