News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Opinion HN: Fortran 90 (F90) doesn't look terrible.

Re:Opinion HN: Fortran 90 (F90) doesn't look terrible by spapin on Sunday September 27, 2015 @08:18PM (#10288382)
One problem I find in fortran is that subroutines quickly have a lot of arguments. In this example, glint have 30ish. I have seen fortran subroutines in the aerospace industry with more than 100 arguments.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Opinion HN: Fortran 90 (F90) doesn't look terrible by monopolemagnet on Sunday September 27, 2015 @08:56PM (#10288475)
Oh god. Reminds me of simulated processor pipeline stages (VHDL, etc.), which tend of have a huge amount of state.

I'm no Fortran expert. Were there no composite types (i.e., structures or tuples) at the time or other reasons to do that (i.e., code testing tools)?

Edit: Last q: Yes, as a vendor extension

https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/STRUCTURE-and-RECORD...

[ Parent | on HN ]