Re: Wanted: folk theorems in Fortran Programming.

steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson)
Fri, 29 Jan 1993 14:30:29 GMT

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From: steve@hubcap.clemson.edu ("Steve" Stevenson)
Keywords: Fortran, optimize
Organization: Clemson University
References: 93-01-193 93-01-213
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 14:30:29 GMT

davidm@questor.rational.com (David Moore) writes:
>[re folk Fortran wisdom]
>The point is that any decent optimizing compiler is going to recognize all
>of these "bad" forms and convert them into something better.


The point is that the left and right hand columns are from a current
teaching module from NCSA. Compilers and compiler people do not
necessarily get through to the people who are actually coding. The reason
to look for this stuff is to find out what people are being told.
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Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson steve@hubcap.clemson.edu
Department of Computer Science, (803)656-5880.mabell
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906
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