Re: [OFFTOPIC] Handling extensions of programming languages (Perl)

[Stefan Monnier]

>> OK, I'll grant you half points for Fortran, so you're up to 62.5% ;-)
> I'm happy with that!  Also, I might sort of deserve half points.  As I
> wrote, Fortran was my first computer language.  I should have specified:
> I started with Fortran 4 and left with FORTRAN 77.  Both had
> declarations like "INTEGER N".
> (https://web.stanford.edu/class/me200c/tutorial_77/).  "TYPE :: VARS"
> came only with Fortran 90.  And now I feel old.

Very good point.  This "::" syntax indeed didn't remind me of anything,
which you've now explained (my experience with Fortran is quite limited
and moreover limited to FORTRAN 77).

So I guess I'm forced to concede that you're up to 75%.  Damn!


        Stefan