Why these original FORTRAN quirks?
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From: Richard E Maine on 29 Nov 2006 15:18 Gene Wirchenko <genew(a)ocis.net> wrote: > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > >In article <1428.554T2490T5455895(a)kltpzyxm.invalid>, > > "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs(a)kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > > [snip] > > >>Malaproptimism n. The belief that everything will come out > >>all right in the wash. > > > >Is that before or after the dye is cast? > > Please do not be so mordant. Ouch! That reply would best have been left dormant. :-) -- Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience; email: my first.last at org.domain| experience comes from bad judgment. org: nasa, domain: gov | -- Mark Twain
From: jmfbahciv on 30 Nov 2006 08:45 In article <u7qrm2lhvo1593d9i45pdk34rv5oos1vjo(a)4ax.com>, Gene Wirchenko <genew(a)ocis.net> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >>In article <1428.554T2490T5455895(a)kltpzyxm.invalid>, >> "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs(a)kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > >[snip] > >>>Malaproptimism n. The belief that everything will come out >>>all right in the wash. >> >>Is that before or after the dye is cast? > > Please do not be so mordant. Sirrah! I try to never bite off more than I can eschew. /BAH
From: Steve O'Hara-Smith on 30 Nov 2006 12:51 On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:10:01 -0800 Gene Wirchenko <genew(a)ocis.net> wrote: > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > >In article <1428.554T2490T5455895(a)kltpzyxm.invalid>, > > "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs(a)kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > > [snip] > > >>Malaproptimism n. The belief that everything will come out > >>all right in the wash. > > > >Is that before or after the dye is cast? > > Please do not be so mordant. I was looking for a pun that sounded good but I came up short. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirror Arrays The computer obeys and wins. | A better way to focus the sun You lose and Bill collects. | licences available see | http://www.sohara.org/
From: Terence on 1 Dec 2006 20:41 Restating original title. (again)
From: Andrew Swallow on 1 Dec 2006 20:46
Terence wrote: > Restating original title. (again) > Why these original FORTRAN quirks? Because they allowed FORTRAN to be complied without using recursion. Andrew Swallow |