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Re:Goto by pklausler on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @10:22AM (#40052290)
You had a FORTRAN compiler that didn't have DO loops? I'm dubious.
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Re:Goto by shawn_w on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @07:24PM (#40058593)
FORTRAN IV (1962) predates DO, which if Wikipedia is to be trusted, was introduced in FORTRAN 66.
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Re:Goto by pklausler on Monday April 22, 2024 @06:30PM (#40123072)
FORTRAN (no numbers!) had DO loops in the first release of the language. No subroutines, only statement functions, but there absolutely were DO loops! The ability of the compiler to perform what are now basic loop optimizations on them is what sold the users on automatic compilers.
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