Re: Is it time to legitimise REAL*8 etc?

Richard Maine wrote:
James Giles <jamesgiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well this is exacly the opposite of what Van Snyder told me
back when NON_KIND was removed as the keyword and LEN
was put in its place. He insisted that LEN type parameter were
only for string lengths and array sizes.

Sorry, but he was just wrong. Or maybe that was what he proposed. But
it sure is not what passed into the standard.

In that case, everything Scott asked for can be done except the
BIT_SIZE property (for which he would still need bit-resolution
KINDs).

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J. Giles

"I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software
design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously
no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated
that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- C. A. R. Hoare

"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability" -- E. W. Dijkstra


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