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How Not to Write FORTRAN in Any Language

Posted by michael on from the snap! dept.

gManZboy writes "In an article that's sure to p/o Fortran programmers, Donn Seeley has assembled a rant that posits there are characteristics of good coding that transcend all programming languages, except Fortran. Seriously though, his point is that early FORTRAN made coding ugly. Thus the joke 'Don't write FORTRAN' was applied to anyone with ugly code. Though Fortran has in recent years overcome its early challenges, the point -- 'Don't write FORTRAN' (i.e. ugly stuff) -- still applies."

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  1. FP by nearlygod · · Score: 0, Troll

    One better... don't write RPG.

    FP?

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    The Tools Of Ignorance wanna be a tool?
  2. grampy by Fr05t · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh no, my Grampy is going to shit bricks and go out on the war path when he sees this article posted!