Subject: Re: Theory #51 (superior(?) programming languages)
From: rpw3@rigden.engr.sgi.com (Rob Warnock)
Date: 1997/01/30
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.scheme
Message-ID: <5cpbc0$ep0@tokyo.engr.sgi.com>

Richard A. O'Keefe <ok@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote:
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| Before "language X to C" compilers became popular, there were several
| "language X to Fortran" compilers...
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Ah, yezzz... Good old "RATFOR"! ("Software Tools", Kernighan & Plauger.)
You, too, can program in (almost) C in a FORTRAN-only shop...


-Rob

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