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In article <OYudnZcPs7qOGp_TnZ2dnUVZ_tGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Patricia Shanahan  <pats@acm.org> wrote:
> On 6/22/2011 3:31 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> > James Waldby wrote:

[ snip ]

> >     I have looked at python. It's hard to understand. fortran in what I've
> > seen looks simpler to learn. That or C++. I like C and I'm not going to give
> > up on it but it gives me problems quite a bit.
> 
> What type of problems? Depending on the issues you are facing, Fortran
> may not be any improvement over C.
> 

Indeed.  Bill has been posting questions about C to comp.lang.c for
some years, and -- well, if you're really curious, possibly searching
the newsgroup's archives for posts by him will be instructive.

-- 
B. L. Massingill
ObDisclaimer:  I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.