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FORTRAN... Then, as now, the language used by scientists with real problems.
FORTRAN? The syntactically incorrect statement "DO 10 I = 1.
10" will parse and generate code creating a variable, DO10I, as follow...
[FORTRAN] will persist for some time -- probably for at least the next decade. -- T. Cheatham
FORTRAN - Your grey-haired grandmother. People make fun of her just because she is old, but if you take the time to listen, you can learn from her experiences and her mistakes.
During her lifetime...
Fortrash: /for'trash/ n.
Fortress: a female fort.
For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery.
For technological man it is time that occupies the same role. -- Marshall McLuha...
For true emotionlessless, Bernie Casey of Borg!
For truth has such a face and such a mien, As to be lov'd needs only to be seen.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- The Hind and the Panther, Part i, Line 33...
For truth itself has not the privilege to be spoken at all times and in all sorts.
-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. xiii...

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