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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. > >-- >Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience; >[log in to unmask] | experience comes from bad judgment. > | -- Mark Twain Bob Cohen (703) 534-7618 [log in to unmask]