From: SMTP%"[log in to unmask]" 15-FEB-2000 23:15:34.49
> >What do folks think of using [] or {} (which are not part of the Fortran
> >character set at present) to replace parentheses in cases where the
> >programmer wants to tell the compiler "these parentheses are here so I
> >can write in `mathematical shorthand';
>
> There is some irony here given what FORTRAN stands for.
>
> Since () give you all you need to express what you want
> I don't see much point in proposing this.
Actually, () expresses MORE than what one might want.
A*(B+C) has to evaluate (B+C) first; it cannot be transformed to
A*B + A*C whereas in pure FORmula TRANslation it could.
> Maybe one day we get them for
> intervals.
Right. [] is also in Co-Array Fortran. So it's {}?!?!??!
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