Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!mordor!joyce!sri-unix!garth!smryan From: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Standardization (of FORTRAN, Ada, ect.) Message-ID: <2000@garth.UUCP> Date: 26 Nov 88 01:31:04 GMT References: <395@ubbpc.UUCP> <311@csun1.UUCP> Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) Distribution: na Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA Lines: 14 >Some early Pascal compiler writers realized this, and provided a FORTRAN >reserved word for allowing the Pascal programmer to link in FORTRAN libraries. Algol-60 definition (for all compilers) included a "code" procedure body used to indicate external interface. If you want an example of another compiler's willingness to interface, check out the now defunct CDC Algol-5. -- -- s m ryan +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Home of the brave and land of | Congress shall make no law respecting the | | [deleted by the authority of | establishment of religion,...; or abridging | | the Official Secrets Act]. | the freedom of speech, or of the press;... | +-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+