Subj : Re: RIP Niklaus Wirth
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Dr. What
Date : Tue Jan 09 2024 08:03 am

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to tenser <=-

 pF> I suppose learning Pascal helped - subroutines defined first, no
 pF> GOTOs...

Pascal had GOTOs.
But it's use is buried in Appendix A of "Oh! Pascal!".
And my college prof told us that use of GOTO in our programs was an automatic 0
for the assignment.

 pF> All the coding I did in college and the only code I have remaining from
 pF> that time is the original DOS batch file for my BBS, all errorlevel
 pF> jumps and GOTOs...

Lucky you have even something.  I have nothing left from that era.


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