Xref: utzoo comp.lang.fortran:876 comp.lang.c:11118 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!decwrl!labrea!sri-unix!garth!smryan From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Should I convert FORTRAN code to C? Message-ID: <871@garth.UUCP> Date: 5 Jul 88 00:34:32 GMT References: <2742@utastro.UUCP> <20008@beta.UUCP> <224@raunvis.UUCP> <750@garth.UUCP> <528@philmds.UUCP> <817@garth.UUCP> <63@cubsun.BIO.COLUMBIA.EDU> Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA Lines: 9 >A few points concerning the everpresent comparisons between C and Fortran. >(I like *both*!!!) I dislike both. >>However convenient it might be, recursion is not strictly necessary in >>practical programs.... Practical as in how many Fortran programmers need indefinite looping.