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This was the case with Fortran 77 too, and for the same reason (punch cards). But modern Fortran (F90 through F2018) no longer requires formatting by column.
by wycy 7y ago
This was the case with Fortran 77 too, and for the same reason (punch cards). But modern Fortran (F90 through F2018) no longer requires formatting by column.
- YeGoblynQueenne 7y agoGood point. I think maybe one reason is that COBOL is valued for its consistency, with the same code often running on modern machines that was written 50 years ago or so (at least that was the received wisdom when I was working at a COBOL shop). Perhaps the same is not the case with FORTRAN?