Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: FORTRAN, was Comment delimiters Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:09:49 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <1791742457-5857@newsgrouper.org> <2026Oct15.081750@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <9ysAS.182538$QPx3.16043@fx17.iad> <2026Oct16.195605@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <11aurl9$2b0g$2@gal.iecc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:55:22 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="553538"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/JBBPpbFtXUydzBaNsmwkTkxxuqYNCJfE="; posting-host="e3f5fd6016144db3631b0a8dceb1b25c" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:U8wOAGQHJLaPYi7bsm2a1h/CIRs= sha1:M2dY/0Vh1FNSb1tAZdmSDMAQJTg= sha256:4vd9hMNcbx9ksTRHAGp3cXSUyd5/xHpdy2l0ISXsyWc= sha1:kcErPKE4a2abZ91whwSC+tksKgI= sha256:pdkXzbBCNMcMZD1w+IKzxBAz9rqdCG3fZjjeGr9T5N4= In-Reply-To: <11aurl9$2b0g$2@gal.iecc.com> (message from John Levine on Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:56:25 -0000 (UTC)) Xref: csiph.com comp.arch:118678 John Levine [2026-10-17 03:56:25] wrote: > According to Anton Ertl : >> Interesting, but did the FORTRAN team come up with that? > I think we can assume they did since it's by far the easiest way to > parse card image FORTRAN. If anyone really cares I believe the > assembler source of some early compilers is available online. Does make one wonder, tho: why didn't they adjust the syntax to avoid those ambiguities, instead of spending all that effort to try and resolve them in the compiler? === Stefan