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From: ed298-ak@violet.berkeley.edu (Edouard Lagache)
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Subject: Re: FORTRAN value parameters (do compilers check for violation?)
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Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 16:10:16 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 12 16:10:16 1987
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	The FORTRAN standard on passing expressions has been quoted
	a number of times on the net.  To paraphrase, expressions
	can be passed only if they are not changed in the subprogram.
	However, all the compiler examples I have seen haven't checked if the
	program in fact satisfied the standard.

	Do such compilers exist, and if not is the standard practically
	enforceable?

						Edouard Lagache
						lagache@violet.berkeley.edu

	P.S. No flames please! I am just curious about this matter.