[Info-vax] Fortran

Bill Gunshannon bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 16:13:46 EST 2018


On 12/7/18 10:12 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <g6u1qoF4akjU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Why did you choose to split your Hollerith example?  Other
>> than to make it "more difficult to read"?
> 
>     Prior to CHARACTER, folks often put their strings inside integers,
>     and often on 32 bit computers using 8 bit ASCII.
> 

You mean like RADIX-50?  :-)

bill




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