13 Jan
2010
13 Jan
'10
5:16 a.m.
On Jan 13, 2010, at 03:49 , Martin Coxall wrote:
COBOL: Over 400 (!)
If we're going to go that far, FORTRAN and PL/1 have none. FORTRAN is somewhat infamous for this: "DO 10 I = 1, 400" is a loop start, "DO 10 I = 1. 400" (note typo, "." for ",") parses as the assignment "DO10I = 1.400". (This is often cited as the cause of the failure of Mariner 1, but that's an urban legend. See http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/9.54.html#subj1.1 for discussion, including the possible origin of this UL.) -- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH