Re: "Canadian style" of indentation

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From: Raymond Fellers
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 22:47

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>This is a backward step in technology.  Fortran 77 used to be very
strict
>about the format of the program, Fortran 90 is supposed to be much
more free
>form (never used it myself)....

..
>Forcing a particular format for a language (that currently is free
form) is
>a good method of killing a popular language....

I can't agree more.  I used to write code in Fortran77 for my science
apps and then learned C for the fun of it.  I couldn't believe how C's
style makes it so much easier to make your code work right the first
time.  Now I can't stand to look at anything in Fortran.

Ray

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