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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Fortran versus C for numerical analysis
Summary: A deficiency in FORTRAN
Message-ID: <924@l.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 13 Sep 88 00:12:37 GMT
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Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department
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One deficiency in FORTRAN which is corrected in C is the ability to use
a variable pointer.  If this is wanted, it can be a major headache in
FORTRAN to find a way around it.

-- 
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
Phone: (317)494-6054
hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet, UUCP)