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From: ags@j.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: F8X comments
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Date: Fri, 13-Nov-87 09:29:07 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 13 09:29:07 1987
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In article <50500015@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>[The 8X standard] also seems to lack obvious extensions which have been around
>for years, for example, allowing both numbers and characters in the same common
>block.

Common blocks will no longer be needed.  Why burden implementors with
something that is unnecessary?  Why encourage users to stick to outmoded
features of the language?

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Dave Seaman	  					
ags@j.cc.purdue.edu