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.TH RATFOR 1
.SH NAME
ratfor \- rational Fortran dialect
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ratfor
[ option ... ]
[ filename ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Ratfor
converts a rational dialect of Fortran into ordinary irrational Fortran.
.I Ratfor
provides control flow constructs essentially identical to those in C:
.TP
statement grouping:
.nf
{ statement; statement; statement }
.TP
decision-making:
if (condition) statement [ else statement ]
.br
switch (integer value) {
	case integer:	statement
	...
	[ default: ]	statement
}
.TP
loops:
while (condition) statement
for (expression; condition; expression) statement
do limits statement
repeat statement [ until (condition) ]
break
next
.LP
and some syntactic sugar to make programs easier to read and write:
.TP
free form input:
multiple statements/line; automatic continuation
.TP
comments:
# this is a comment
.TP
translation of relationals:
>, >=, etc., become .GT., .GE., etc.
.TP
return (expression)
returns expression to caller from function
.TP
define:
define name replacement
.TP
include:
include filename
.PP
.fi
.I Ratfor
is best used with
.IR f77 (1).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
f77(1)
.br
B. W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger,
.IR "Software Tools" ,
Addison-Wesley, 1976.
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e6817382 BJ	1	.TH RATFOR 1
	2	.SH NAME
	3	ratfor \- rational Fortran dialect
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B ratfor
	6	[ option ... ]
	7	[ filename ... ]
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	.I Ratfor
	10	converts a rational dialect of Fortran into ordinary irrational Fortran.
	11	.I Ratfor
	12	provides control flow constructs essentially identical to those in C:
	13	.TP
	14	statement grouping:
	15	.nf
	16	{ statement; statement; statement }
	17	.TP
	18	decision-making:
	19	if (condition) statement [ else statement ]
	20	.br
	21	switch (integer value) {
	22	case integer: statement
	23	...
	24	[ default: ] statement
	25	}
	26	.TP
	27	loops:
	28	while (condition) statement
	29	for (expression; condition; expression) statement
	30	do limits statement
	31	repeat statement [ until (condition) ]
	32	break
	33	next
	34	.LP
	35	and some syntactic sugar to make programs easier to read and write:
	36	.TP
	37	free form input:
	38	multiple statements/line; automatic continuation
	39	.TP
	40	comments:
	41	# this is a comment
	42	.TP
	43	translation of relationals:
	44	>, >=, etc., become .GT., .GE., etc.
	45	.TP
	46	return (expression)
	47	returns expression to caller from function
	48	.TP
	49	define:
	50	define name replacement
	51	.TP
	52	include:
	53	include filename
	54	.PP
	55	.fi
	56	.I Ratfor
	57	is best used with
	58	.IR f77 (1).
	59	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	60	f77(1)
	61	.br
	62	B. W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger,
	63	.IR "Software Tools" ,
	64	Addison-Wesley, 1976.