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 ^^RATFOR\\ IS A STRUCTURED ^FORTRAN PREPROCESSOR PROVIDING
^^"IF" - "ELSE", "WHILE", "FOR", "DO", "REPEAT" - "UNTIL",\\ AND
^^"BREAK"\\ AND ^^"NEXT"\\ CONSTRUCTS.
^ALSO SUPPORTED ARE ^^INCLUDE\\ FILES, ^^DEFINE\\ FOR SYMBOLIC CONSTANTS,
USE OF _>, _<, ETC. INSTEAD OF _._G_T_., _._L_T_., ETC,
AND THE "^^RETURN VALUE\\" CONSTRUCT IN FUNCTIONS.
 ^THIS VERSION OF ^^RATFOR\\ IS ORIGINALLY FROM
^LAWRENCE ^BERKELY ^LABS;
THE MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS IN IT ARE:
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.LE; ^ABILITY TO SPECIFY A FORMAT STATEMENT IN
^^READ, WRITE, ENCODE,\\ AND ^^DECODE\\ STATEMENTS;
.LE; ^TRUE LINE CONTINUATION USING THE UNDERLINE CHARACTER;
.LE; ^PRODUCTION OF PROPERLY INDENTED UPPER CASE ^FORTRAN CODE WITH
COMMENTS PASSED THROUGH;
.LE; ^ADDITION OF A ^^/SYMBOLS\\ SWITCH TO THE COMMAND LINE
TO SPECIFY READING OF THE ^^SYMBOLS\\ FILE;
.LE; ^ABILITY TO DEAL WITH SINGLE QUOTES ON A LINE.
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 ^THIS VERSION OF ^^RATFOR\\ SHOULD BE USED
IF YOU WANT TO COMPILE THE ^^RATFOR\\ SOURCE TO THE ^^MTREK\\
MULTI-USER STAR-TREK ALSO PROVIDED ON THIS TAPE.
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^TO BUILD ^^RATFOR\\, DO
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^^@BUILD\\
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^DOCUMENTATION IS IN THE FILE ^^RAT4.DOC\\.
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^SEND COMMENTS, PROBLEMS, ETC. TO:
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