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From: haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (99700000)
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Subject: Fortran summary (was Re: FORTRAN Horror)
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Date: 9 Apr 88 07:02:51 GMT
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All this has gotten rather far afield from architecture since the
subject was first raised.  I believe we can summarize to a few points:

1.  Fortran is not going to go away

2.  Certain features of the language (e.g. COMMON and EQUIVALENCE)
assume a linear random access memory and thus make it tough on
architectures that would like to treat memory in a more structured
way (e.g. descriptors a la Burroughs).

3. Any others?
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