Re: Simple Program, Lots of Issues (F90)

On Jul 25, 7:12=A0pm, "Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.R...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:57:35 -0700 (PDT), e p chandler <e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0wrote in
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> > seeftp://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. :-).
>
> ! =A0Strike the Twos and strike the Threes
> ! =A0The Sieve of Eratosthenes!
> ! =A0When the multiplies sublime
> ! =A0The numbers that are left, are prime.
>
> ! =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0From: =A0Drunkard's Walk, by Frederik Pohl
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 As someone who regularly does (British) cryptic
crossword=
s,
> 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!

IMO it's a pun on both forms. Writing "When the multiples sublime
sublime" would be awkward.

[Why do poetry students study physics? So they can convert feet to
meters.]

- e