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Retire Fortran?: a debate rekindled

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Volume 35 , Issue 8 (August 1992) table of contents

Pages: 81 - 89

Year of Publication: 1992

ISSN:0001-0782

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David Cann

Convex Computer, Richardson, TX

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
D.3.2 Language Classifications

Nouns: FORTRAN

General Terms:
Experimentation, Languages, Measurement, Performance

Keywords:
Fortran, Sisal

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