I'm sorry if you thought I was insulting the people who work on the
standards. I know I don't have the ability or energy it takes to do such a
good job. Saying that "I find the % annoying" is my opinion, which I am
free to have. However, I'm pretty new to this list, which I mistakenly
assumes was for people who like to discuss Fortran issues. I guess I'm
mistaken. How do I remove myself from this list?
At 10:32 AM 10/23/01 -0700, you wrote:
> > > It seems to be to be a result of the need for people to be different. I
> > > find the % to be annoying.
>
>Guess I missed the smiley that I presume belonged above. Something I
>find annoying is when people impugn the motives of others without good
>cause. Just because you disagree with the decision (and clearly
>several people do) isn't reason to ascribe petty motives to those who
>made it. Perhaps it was even a poor decision; the point is at least
>arguable. But the motivation behind it was rather explicit and was
>nothing so petty as a perceived need to be different.
>
>For what its worth, I wasn't involved in making the decision, and the
>% annoyed me at first also, but I've gotten used to it.
>
>Jing Guo writes:
>
> > Does it have something to do with supporting operators? For instance,
> > "b.x.c" could represent either "b .x. c" or "b%x%c". How can a compiler
> > tell?
>
>Indeed, that was exactly the issue.
>
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