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From: 3003jalp@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Applied Magnetics)
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Subject: Re: Array dilemma.
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Date: 23 Jan 91 16:16:31 GMT
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In article <quan.664590845@sol> quan@sol.surv.utas.oz (Stephen Quan) writes:

>[...]
>Cause of problem      DOUBLE PRECISION BIG(3,50000)
>Synopsis of problem   compiler won't compile code for BIG is size 3x50000.
>Synopsis 2            PC won't load executable when BIG is size 3x4000.
>Synopsis 3            Seems to runs ok, when BIG is size 3x3000.
>[...]
>Question 1            Will F77L handle this problem?
>Question 2            Does F77L allocated space for arrays in the EXE?
>                      - Will I get a larger EXE file? (somewhat 600K?).
>Question 3            Is there a compiler that would solve this problem?

This is a partial answer to Q.2.  Try this, or some variant thereof:
  AUTOMATIC DOUBLE PRECISION BIG(3,5000)
(the `automatic' keyword may be wrong.)
If it works, BIG will be allocated at startup instead of statically
filling the .exe with zeroes.

  --Pierre Asselin, R&D, Applied Magnetics Corp.  I speak for me.