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| From | brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: Coding glut |
| Date | 2026-04-09 13:40 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <GThE++Fv451pFwmb@b-howie.co.uk> (permalink) |
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In message <iSmdnR7d38MVKEv0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com>, Ross
Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> writes
>On 04/08/2026 12:37 PM, Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester wrote:
>> Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>> |"[. . .] I have two colleagues who are making a serious effort to see if|
>> |AI can [. . .] yield better code [. . .] |
>> |[. . .]" |
>> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>>
>> Would they prefer to use formal methods?
>>
>> |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>> |"So far, they describe it as comparable to teaching a child. You have to|
>> |tell it *everything* -- to the point where it would just be easier to |
>> |write the code yourself!" |
>> |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>>
>> They are not the only ones who report so!
>>
>> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>> |"[. . .] |
>> |Is constraint checking done on-the-fly -- or, at termination?" |
>> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>>
>> On-the-fly constraint enforcements can be annoying for a user.
>> (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)
>>
>
>"Hello, World".
>
>
AI says -
Writing in FORTRAN IV (standardized as FORTRAN 66) is a bit of a trip
back in time! Unlike modern Fortran, the older versions were designed
with punch cards in mind, meaning the layout of your text matters just
as much as the code itself.
Here is the classic "Hello World" in FORTRAN IV:
Fortran
C THE 'C' IN COLUMN 1 INDICATES A COMMENT LINE
WRITE(6, 10)
10 FORMAT(12H HELLO WORLD)
STOP
END
Not bad , but I'd have put "CALL EXIT" instead of "STOP"
Bad Things™ could happen back in the Iron Age if you used STOP - so
I was told anyway.
Brian
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Brian Howie
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