Re: The joy of FORTRAN

From	Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date	2024-10-04 08:39 +0100
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"186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> writes:
> On 10/4/24 1:48 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 01:19:02 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> 
>>> Ya know ... most of Python IS 'C'-based libs.
>>> Never really looked into it, but the 'advanced'
>>> Python function may just be strtok() with a lot of handy fixes/cheats
>>> in disguise  :-)
>> No, because Python strings can contain any characters, including
>> nulls.
>
>   Yea ... but Python = 'C' under the hood. The
>   Python rules/methods are just a disguise for
>   what the underlying 'C' is doing.
>
>   I think the libs can be found/read.

Python is a language specification; you can implement it any way you
like (and not all implementations are written in C). CPython is the
best-known implementation, and is written in C. The string handling in
CPython doesn’t use strtok, which would be a bad fit.

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Re: The joy of FORTRAN "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-04 01:19 -0400
  Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-04 05:48 +0000
    Re: The joy of FORTRAN "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-04 02:03 -0400
      Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-04 06:56 +0000
        Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-04 07:40 +0000
          Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-04 20:13 +0000
            Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-04 22:47 +0000
              Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-05 06:12 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-05 23:20 -0400
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 03:29 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> - 2024-10-06 16:06 -0600
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-07 03:02 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-07 10:00 +0100
            Re: The joy of FORTRAN Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-05 02:37 +0000
              Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-05 06:13 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-05 07:00 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-05 08:08 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-06 02:29 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 03:43 +0000
      Re: The joy of FORTRAN Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-04 08:39 +0100
      Re: The joy of FORTRAN John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-10-04 08:00 -0700
  Re: The joy of FORTRAN Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-04 17:06 +0000
  Re: python abstractions, The joy of FORTRAN John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2024-10-04 18:00 +0000

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