Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 10/4/24 1:48 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 01:19:02 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

Ya know ... most of Python IS 'C'-based libs.
Never really looked into it, but the 'advanced'
Python function may just be strtok() with a lot of handy fixes/cheats
in disguise  :-)

 No, because Python strings can contain any characters, including nulls.

   Yea ... but Python = 'C' under the hood. The
   Python rules/methods are just a disguise for
   what the underlying 'C' is doing.
   I think the libs can be found/read.

I’ve written some of those C extension libraries, and I can tell you the
string API is more sophisticated than you think.

   Probably.
   Everything you can/want to do with strings ... it's
   potentially complicated. Lots of ways to do it, it's
   up to clever coders to find good/best ways.