RATional Fortran RATFOR <language> (RATFOR) {Brian Kernighan}'s {Fortran} {preprocessor} that allows programming with {C}-like {control flow}. RATFOR is mainly of historical significance. A translator from Ratfor to Fortran IV was posted to comp.sources.Unix volume 13. (ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/mirrors/Unix-c/languages/ratfor.tar-z). ["Ratfor - A Preprocessor for a Rational Fortran", B.W. Kernighan, Soft Prac & Exp 5:395-406, Oct 1975]. ["Software Tools", B.W. Kernighan & P.J. Plauger, A-W, 1976]. (2001-07-31)