[throwaway81523]

Fortran has always had function pointers though they were called something different, and could only be used in limited contexts. But look at any numerical integration or root finding library. You just pass the function name in as a parameter to another function.

[pklausler]

Fortran has had dummy procedures (subprogram arguments that can be associated with subroutines or functions) since Fortran II.

[srean]

I see. I stand corrected.