On Fri, 27 May 2005 12:55:20 -0500, Duane Bozarth wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote:

...

I just couldn't stand the whole "doing things 4 times" aspect of it.
Hey, I'm gonna use a variable. Here is what it's called. Here is what
it's set to. OK, now, use it.
...

I've used Fortran since before there was a Standard in many incarnations
but fail to recognize the above complaint???

Well, to be fair, it's been ...24 years since I took that class, so my
memory may be "a bit rusty". I do remember not liking it at all.