[Info-vax] Text processing examples with Fortran requested

[Arne Vajhøj]

Michael Moroney wrote:
>>> (oh how I wish we could simply start over in another language. Pointy-
>>> haired managers dictate otherwise)
> 
>> What?  Like C?  Try writing a parser to find all the zany things people
>> do with that hieroglyphic and you'll be pining for that Macro you have 
>> now.
> 
> If _we're_ writing the C (or whatever), our code will be _much_ cleaner
> overall.  I may be crazy, but not _that_ crazy.

It sounds as if the code could be rewritten prettier in any language.

If it is OS close then C may be a decent choice.

If it is more of a regular application there are even higher
level languages - Pascal, Ada, PL/I etc..

Arne