Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!rutgers!mtune!whuts!homxb!ihnp4!alberta!uqv-mts!Mark_Israel From: uqv-mts!Mark_Israel@alberta.UUCP (Mark Israel) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Object-oriented DATA statement in FORTRAN 8X Message-ID: <1041@pembina.UUCP> Date: 25 Jan 88 02:46:10 GMT Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Lines: 7 Could someone please explain for me the purpose of the "object-oriented" DATA statement in the FORTRAN 8X draft standard? (It's described in section 5.2.6.2 .) What can it do that the list-oriented DATA statement couldn't have been extended to do? Mark Israel Bitnet: USERISRA@UALTAMTS Usenet: ihnp4!alberta!uqv-mts!Mark_Israel