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2 definitions found for Fortrash

From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) :


  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 (30 December 2018) :


  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)

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