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		amirhirsch on April 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fortran on WebAssembly I worked on compiling FORTRAN at Xilinx 20 years ago. The only thing I remember is that the header file for f2c.h contains a definition of barf: /* f2c.h -- Standard Fortran to C header file / / barf [ba:rf] 2. "He suggested using FORTRAN, and everybody barfed."* (https://www.netlib.org/clapack/f2c.h)

amirhirsch on April 5, 2024 [–]

Does using all-caps FORTRAN say something about me? Fortran looks wrong to me.

necheffa on April 5, 2024 | | [–]

Yes, it says you probably got started before the f90 standard.

sroussey on April 5, 2024 | | [–]

Glad it’s not just me.

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