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From: bobd@dshovax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Help on conformant arrays wanted...
Message-ID: <539@dshovax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 13:31:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 27 13:31:54 1987
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Reply-To: bobd@dshovax.UUCP (Bob Dietrich)
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
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In article <333@zuring.mcvax.cwi.nl> dik@zuring.UUCP (Dik T. Winter) writes:
>In article <1402@navajo.STANFORD.EDU> ali@navajo.UUCP (Ali Ozer) writes:
>>Note that conformant arrays are most useful with packed arrays of characters.
>
>Nope (from my viewpoint), conformant arrays make it possible, for the first
>time, to write large numerical libraries.
>-- 
>dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland

Note that the draft proposed Extended Pascal standard does quite a bit in
this area. It has a more general form of conformable arrays called schemata,
which are essentially parameterized types. Schemata are not restricted to
parameter lists, and can be used in variable declarations, for variables
created by "new", and form the basis of the string feature.

{After several tries, I have been unable to get through to Ali Ozer. Since our
news feed was down when the original article came through, would someone be
kind enough to forward me a copy of it and any related articles? Thanks in
advance.}

				Bob Dietrich
				Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon
				(503) 681-2092
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