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| From | blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: fortran 77 errors |
| Date | 2011-06-23 17:32 +0000 |
| Organization | None |
| Message-ID | <96hbkqF7dvU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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In article <upn607pod3lim761db8b7e9p614j97htl1@4ax.com>, Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:19:49 -0700, Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> > wrote: > > >On 6/23/2011 7:22 AM, Rui Maciel wrote: > >> Patricia Shanahan wrote: [ snip ] > >To be a bit more precise, I meant "I think Geoff may have confused the > >Fortran statement label rules with the Basic line numbering rules". I > >agree that otherwise the posted code looks more like an attempt at > >Fortran than Basic. > > > > The code was copied from Bill's original post and edited with emacs > which enforced its own rules on formatting. I added the line numbers > because I remembered we had them back in the dim days of college. The > system was an Interdata model 4 and the Fortran was non-standard for > the era. It predated Fortran 77 and was not strict about formatting > output. I wasn't doing any BASIC programming until 1978 or so, on a > TRS-80 for fun. > > FWIW, the code I posted compiles and runs on OS X with gfortran 4.2.1 > build 5664. > For what it's worth, Fortran 77 supports both statement labels *and* line numbers -- the latter being positioned after column 72 and ignored by the compiler. Line numbers were useful back in the punched-card days; diligently numbering all the lines of one's program meant that if one dropped the card deck containing the source code, one could put the cards back in order using a card-sorting machine on the columns (73-80) containing the line numbers. Ah, the not-always-good old days! -- B. L. Massingill ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.
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fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-22 16:43 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors James Waldby <not@valid.invalid> - 2011-06-22 21:18 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-22 18:31 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-22 17:21 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-22 20:50 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-23 14:58 +1200
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-23 00:27 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:07 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-23 16:53 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-23 14:05 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-24 17:58 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors "robin" <robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> - 2011-06-27 17:04 +1000
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-23 12:34 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:06 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors "robin" <robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> - 2011-06-27 17:01 +1000
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-28 06:39 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors free@securityaudit.val.newsbank.net (Dick Wesseling) - 2011-06-23 00:43 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors "Ant" <not@home.today> - 2011-06-23 02:38 +0100
Re: fortran 77 errors "robin" <robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> - 2011-06-27 17:07 +1000
Re: fortran 77 errors Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-23 00:47 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-23 00:55 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-23 04:16 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2011-06-23 09:23 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-23 06:55 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-23 07:02 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 15:22 +0100
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-23 08:19 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-23 08:52 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:32 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-06-23 22:39 +0100
Re: fortran 77 errors blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 20:08 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 19:38 +0100
Re: fortran 77 errors "osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2011-06-23 10:25 -0500
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-23 09:47 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 17:30 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-23 17:30 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors Dan <dantex1@aol.com> - 2011-06-25 10:10 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-28 11:21 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-28 09:40 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-28 17:59 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-28 15:21 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors "robin" <robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> - 2011-06-28 00:43 +1000
Re: fortran 77 errors Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-06-28 11:40 +0100
Re: fortran 77 errors "robin" <robin51@dodo.com.au> - 2011-07-05 09:06 +1000
Re: fortran 77 errors "robin" <robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> - 2011-06-28 00:41 +1000
Re: fortran 77 errors Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-06-23 12:12 +0100
Re: fortran 77 errors Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-23 06:52 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-06-23 17:45 -0400
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-23 15:30 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-23 17:25 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-06-24 10:35 -0700
Re: fortran 77 errors blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 20:09 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-06-24 01:38 +0100
Re: fortran 77 errors "robin" <robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> - 2011-06-27 17:10 +1000
Re: fortran 77 errors kym@kymhorsell.com - 2011-06-23 21:23 +0000
Re: fortran 77 errors "robin" <robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> - 2011-06-27 17:13 +1000
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