1RATFOR(1)                   General Commands Manual                  RATFOR(1)
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NAME

6       ratfor - rational Fortran dialect
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SYNOPSIS

9       ratfor [ option ... ] [ filename ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Ratfor  converts a rational dialect of Fortran into ordinary irrational
13       Fortran.  Ratfor provides control flow constructs essentially identical
14       to those in C:
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16       statement grouping:
17              { statement; statement; statement }
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19       decision-making:
20              if (condition) statement [ else statement ]
21              switch (integer value) {
22                   case integer:  statement
23                   ...
24                   [ default: ]   statement
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27       loops: while (condition) statement
28              for (expression; condition; expression) statement
29              do limits statement
30              repeat statement [ until (condition) ]
31              break
32              next
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34       and some syntactic sugar to make programs easier to read and write:
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36       free form input:
37              multiple statements/line; automatic continuation
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39       comments:
40              # this is a comment
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42       translation of relationals:
43              >, >=, etc., become .GT., .GE., etc.
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45       return (expression)
46              returns expression to caller from function
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48       define:
49              define name replacement
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51       include:
52              include filename
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54       Ratfor is best used with f77(1).
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SEE ALSO

57       f77(1)
58       B.  W.  Kernighan  and  P.  J. Plauger, Software Tools, Addison-Wesley,
59       1976.
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637th Edition                     April 29, 1985                       RATFOR(1)