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And for those wondering why IF was awkward, there was no ELSE until Fortran 77, and doing that with GOTOs was a little ugly.
by wumpus 5y ago
And for those wondering why IF was awkward, there was no ELSE until Fortran 77, and doing that with GOTOs was a little ugly.
- ggm 5y agoThanks. you helped confirm I must have learned some early state of F77 in 76/7. Since F77 was 1978 and I left school in 78, it can't have been full standard. I was sure I remembered an ELSE so now I wonder if this is a mis-memory, or languages intercepted this somehow. (cards on an ICL 1900 system)