fortrash

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

Fortrash
 /for'trash/, n.

   Hackerism for the FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator) language, referring to
   its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control
   constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Fortrash

   <abuse, language> /for'trash/ Hackerism for the {Fortran}
   language, referring to its primitive design, gross and
   irregular {syntax}, limited {control constructs}, and
   slippery, exception-filled {semantics}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-10-26)

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