Re: Simple Program, Lots of Issues (F90)

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:57:35 -0700 (PDT), e p chandler <epc8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> see ftp://ftp.swcp.com/pub/walt/F/Examples/sieve.f95
 
> The program comments are 1) in verse and 2) excerpted from a work of
> science fiction. :-).

!  Strike the Twos and strike the Threes
!  The Sieve of Eratosthenes!
!  When the multiplies sublime
!  The numbers that are left, are prime.

!            From:  Drunkard's Walk, by Frederik Pohl

	As someone who regularly does (British) cryptic crosswords,
I'm pleased to see that "sublime" is hinted to be its normal usage
as an adjective rather than, as it must be in this case, a verb!

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