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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:27:31 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> You realize ISO Pascal provided conformant array arguments for this 
> purpose?

I'm aware! I'm also aware that the ISO standard wasn't even *published*
until 13 years into the life of the language.

> Also, you realize that Wirth did not see Pascal as the last word in 
> programming languages? That he went on to create others that solved
> this and other problems in nicer ways?

I do! But a mind that conceives of such a thing, and not only fails to
immediately scrap it as ridiculous, but actually pushes it through to
implementation and real-world usage, must be considered fundamentally
unsound, even if its owner never does anything more untoward than that.