On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 22:18:41 GMT, "Peter O. Brackett"
wrote:
Long live Fortran...

Peter,

You are simply being provincial.

"Fortran" indeed as if that were the mantle of authority to vindicate
bad design. And then to string out all the flavors which, by the way,
invalidates the caprice that Fortran is the end-all be-all. I cut my
teeth on Fortran IV and have progressed through more than a dozen
languages and their dialects. BFD!

Whining over "where's the C math libraries?" when Fortran
implementations offer no better insurance is a tedious argument. Your
hick elitism smacks of the plowboy showing off his new oxfords to the
fellows in boots.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC