Re: Wanted: folk theorems in Fortran Programming.

dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd)
Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:20:19 GMT

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From: dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd)
Organization: Dept of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Univ, NY, USA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:20:19 GMT
References: 93-01-193
Keywords: Fortran

"Steve" Stevenson <steve@hubcap.clemson.edu> writes:
> I am trying to make a catalog of folk wisdom in fortran programming.


My personal favorite is the one discussed on page 137 of the 1st edition of
Numerical Recipes (Fortran edition, of course):


BAD


P = c(1) + c(2)*x + c(3)*x**2 + c(4)*x**3 + c(5)*x**4


GOOD


P = c(1) + x*(c(2) + x*(c(3) + x*(c(4) + x*c(5))))


It is a little harder to read but you won't be `summarily executed'
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