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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  Fortrash
       
           /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)

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  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.

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