____________________________________________________________________________ / 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 / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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