Fortrash

2 definitions found

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.
  
  



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)