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- From: jsvrc@rc.rit.edu (J A Stephen Viggiano)
- Subject: Re: Fortran Forever?
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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:26:43 GMT
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- In article <5698@sumax.seattleu.edu> davej@sumax.seattleu.edu (Dave Jenner) writes:
- >I remember a saying something like: "Fortran will be around forever, we
- >just don't know what the language will look like in the future" or something
- >like that. Can someone remember what the saying is, who said it, and
- >even give a reference to it?
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- That great sage, Doctor FORTRAN, has remarked on numerous occasions:
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- FORTRAN was FORTRAN when C was a pup,
- FORTRAN will be FORTRAN when C's time is up.
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- It is widely conceded that he first publicly made this remark at a meeting of
- the Lilac Hill Mob, though I forget the date.
-