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- From: metcalf@apofort.cern.ch (Michael Metcalf )
- Subject: Re: Fortran Forever?
- Message-ID: <metcalf.721405538@apofort>
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- Organization: CERN European Lab for Particle Physics
- References: <5698@sumax.seattleu.edu> <27366@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 14:25:38 GMT
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- This quotation has been attributed to Prof. Tony Hoare, but I have no source.
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- Another nice quotation is attributed to Alan Perlis: "Fortran is not a flower, but a
- weed. It is hardy, occasionaly blooms, and grows in every computer."
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- Mike Metcalf
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- (metcalf@cernvm.cern.ch)
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