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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Wednesday, 9 Sep 1992 13:18:25 EDT
- From: Jeff Boyd <BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <92253.131825BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
- Subject: Re: Switching from Fortran to C
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- I'm fundamentally a Fortran programmer; when I had to learn C, I found
- it easy to restrict myself to Fortran-like language elements and
- constructs. I was running graphics programs on SunOS in a single
- morning of work, and didn't once receive a compilation error. I had
- never before tried to write a C program.
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- C and Fortran programs can look very much alike if you want them to.
- My suggestion: Keep your usage simple at first, get comfortable, then
- gradually build your knowledge of C's full capabilities. If you are
- already good with Pascal, most of C will be straightforward.
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- jeff
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