On 03.10.14 10:19, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 October 2014 09:24, Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Not for nought is it > > said that a determined programmer can write fortran in any language. > > You have seen the FORTRAN++ that makes up the bulk of the NML code in > LinuxCNC then?
Errr ... is that relevant to the context? Is your point perhaps that Fortran++ is so different from Fortran that one can't write bad code with it? Hopefully there is a point, because you've worked hard to take that one sentence out of its context: Erik: > It is clumsy and confusing to use them [gotos] where a more > structured, and therefore more descriptive, construct is available. > Not for nought is it said that a determined programmer can write > fortran in any language. Perhaps you are unaware of the decades-long currency of the quote. Its context is not only the early language's intrinsic contribution to bad code, but also E.g.: » The world has seen so much bad Fortran code that the name of the language is now a synonym for bad coding. Many of us have never seen real Fortran code, but we know what coders mean when they say, “You can write Fortran in any language.” « - http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039535 Erik (Who has not only seen Fortran code, but written some, decades before even Fortran90 came out.) -- There's no obfuscated Perl contest because it's pointless. -Jeff Polk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
