fouts@lemming.nas.nasa.gov.nas.nasa.gov (Marty Fouts) (09/16/88)
In article <3658@lanl.gov> jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes: >From article <998@amelia.nas.nasa.gov>, by fouts@lemming.nas.nasa.gov.nas.nasa.gov (Marty Fouts): >> No it doesn't. The Civic compiler under CTSS supports a fairly >> hackneyed dynamic/memory pointer construct. CFT (at least through CFT >> 1.15) and CFT77 -- which are "Cray Fortran" -- don't. > >I have the manual right here on my desk! I don't know where you got >your information, but mine comes right from the documentation. (Not >to mention the fact that I use pointers _all_ the time, so I know >there has been no change.) > Oddly enough, I have the manual on my desk too, and have also been using CFT for more years than I'm willing to admit. I can't actually explain my brain fade, but this time Giles is completely right. Both CFT and CFT77 support the same pointer as CIVIC. Sorry for the confusion. Marty +-+-+-+ I don't know who I am, why should you? +-+-+-+ | fouts@lemming.nas.nasa.gov | | ...!ames!orville!fouts | | Never attribute to malice what can be | +-+-+-+ explained by incompetence. +-+-+-+