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+# fortran-hangman
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+I took a fortran77 hangman program and updated it to run on fortran95
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+Simply run `make` to create the executable and then run `./Hangman` to play a game a hangman
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+You can also run `make 77` to generate an executable for the fortran77 version (which can also be run with `./Hangman`