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From: gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Dynamic array dimensioning
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Date: 5 Jan 89 04:03:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!gsg0384    Jan  4 22:03:00 1989


Hi,

Can someone in the net enlighten me about the following?

1.  What languages support the run-time array sizing in a particular module
as in FORTRAN 8x ?  Please list.

2  It seems (I'm not sure) impossible to dimension a local array 
dynamically even in FORTRAN 8x.  What languages support such dynamic 
array sizing in any place as can be done in Turing?  Please list.

3  Please list languages that cannot do either.

   FORTRAN 77, and ___________

4.  Is such dynamic array feature too costly to implement or what?

Thanks.
                         Hugh   gsg0384@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu