Hi,
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, 1:25pm -0800, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> It is my understanding that the MIL spec (1763?) carried far more weight
> than "existing practice." In fact, "existing practice" was all over the
> map. In particular, the Univac "existing practice" was far superior to
> the MIL spec.
>
> Can another example of "standardizing existing practice" since Fortran 77's
> time be cited?
>
> I guess there are a few. For example, many vendors found it easier simply
> to allow list-directed I/O on internal files than to prevent it. But the
> record is very sparse.
INCLUDE.
-P.
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