[Info-vax] Fortran

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On Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 12:15:31 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> [regarding FORMAT H]
> >
> >Once again, matter of opinion.  I (and I am sure most experienced
> >Fortran programmers) don't find them all that difficult.
> 
> Come on.  How many times over the years have you miscounted the field
> length?
> --scott

Not so much of a problem when programs were on cards, but with terminals (and emulators), what is a TAB?  1 character or some depending on where you enter the TAB.  This is where many of the counts are wrong.

I for one, am glad that the Hollerith style is going away.

Dan