Sujet : Re: The joy of FORTRAN
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 25. Sep 2024, 22:24:36
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:36:58 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
PL/I got PICTURE from COBOL. I’m really surprised no other language has
picked this up, it’s so handy.
It’s a dumb idea because it conflates input/output formatting with
internal representation.