Obsolete and Deprecated Features

None of the features covered here should be used in new software: some of them are completely obsolete, others have practical defects which make them unsuitable for use in well-structured software. These brief descriptions are provided only for the benefit of programmers who have to understand and update programs designed in earlier years.

• Storage of Character Strings in Non-character Items
• Arithmetic IF Statement
• ASSIGN and assigned GO TO Statements
• PAUSE Statement
• Alternate RETURN
• ENTRY Statement
• EQUIVALENCE Statement
• Specific Names of Intrinsic Functions
• PRINT Statement and simplified READ
• END FILE Statement
• Obsolete Format Descriptors