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[Tom Jennings]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Fred Cisin wrote:

> A REAL programmer can write a FORTRAN program in any language.

WHAT WE NEED IS A MOST-FORTRAN-LIKE PROGRAMMING CONTEST.  LIKE THE
OBFUSCATED C CONTEST. FORTRAN IN PERL, FORTRAN IN C, FORTRAN IN
PYTHON >shudder< FORTRAN IN JAVA. FORTRAN IV OR EARLIER, NONE OF
THAT HIPPY FORTRAN77 ANSI SHIT.