[COFF] C a step up from Fortran.

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Paul,

> Arnold wrote:
> > This goes back to the evolution thing.  At the time, C was a huge
> > step up from FORTRAN and assembly.
>
> Certainly it's a step up (and a BIG step up) from assembly.
> But I'd say C is a step sidewise from Fortran.  An awful lot of HPTC
> programming involves throwing multidimensional arrays around and C is
> not suitable for that.

I expect the structured-programming parts of C were being referred to as
a step up compared to Fortran 77.  Ratfor was a step up in the same
direction.

Don't disagree about the HPTC side.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.