That reminded me of that fun FORTRAN piece of trivia: http://everything2.com/title/Changing+the+value+of+5+in+FORTRAN http://everything2.com/title/Changing+the

That reminded me of that fun FORTRAN piece of trivia: http://everything2.com/title/Changing+the+value+of+5+in+FORTRAN http://everything2.com/title/Changing+the+value+of+5+in+FORT... """A candidate for the title of "Strangest Thing in Computer Science" would be the fact that FORTRAN lets you change the value of what appear to be unalterable numbers. Plato would roll over in his grave. I have heard rumors that later FORTRAN compilers had this "capability" designed out. But the venerable FORTRAN IV and FORTRAN 77 allowed you to do it"""