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ratfor \- rational Fortran dialect
converts a rational dialect of Fortran into ordinary irrational Fortran.
provides control flow constructs essentially identical to those in C:
{ statement; statement; statement }
if (condition) statement [ else statement ]
while (condition) statement
for (expression; condition; expression) statement
repeat statement [ until (condition) ]
and some syntactic sugar to make programs easier to read and write:
multiple statements/line; automatic continuation
translation of relationals:
>, >=, etc., become .GT., .GE., etc.
returns expression to caller from function
B. W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger,