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From: andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Array representation and language dependencies
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Date: 2 Mar 88 19:59:10 GMT
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	"There is nothing language dependant about row vector
	representation of 2-d arrays.  It is an implementation tool ..."

Not so.  The Fortran EQUIVALENCE statement lets the programmer overlay
data onto an array.  To make this work, the Fortran standards specify
that arrays must be stored in contiguous memory in column-major order.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew)       [UUCP]
                        (andrew%tekecs.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]