Message from God (Fortran history question answered) sig blanks

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From: Eugene Miya
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 06:06

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From: John Backus <backus@almvma>
To: Eugene Miya <eug...@eos.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: another fortran history question
In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 15 Dec 89 14:52:35 PST,
             <891215225...@eos.arc.nasa.gov>

Eugene,
We made one or more blanks equivalent to one blank because we felt
this would allow a user to arrange his program more meaningfully;
also, we felt that it was often hard for keypunchers to tell whether
there was one or two blanks in some circumstances. Hope this clears
up this vital question! (And I hope I'm remembering correctly!)
--John

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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Message from God (Fortran history question answered) sig blanks
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Date: 13 Jan 90 06:06:41 GMT
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