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Conference rusure::math

Title:Mathematics at DEC
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2083
Total number of notes:14613

1007.0. "Oh no, the legislature must be in session again! :-o" by AITG::DERAMO (Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo) Wed Jan 04 1989 19:27

     Some mail I received recently ...
     
>>   The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to
>>   constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every
>>   appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA
>>   statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant.  This
>>   also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change.
>> 
>>                   -- FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers
     
     Dan
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1007.1"Skim milk maskarades as cream."HIBOB::SIMMONSTristram Shandy as an equestrianWed Jan 04 1989 21:537
    For those of use who use PASCAL, it is important to realise that
    the VALUE statement or the CONSTANT statement will give us the same
    flexability.
    
    Who knows - maybe you'll move to a spherical universe or something!
    
    Chuck