Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!godot!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: smart compilers Message-ID: <459@ima.UUCP> Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 23:49:42 EST Article-I.D.: ima.459 Posted: Sun Jan 13 23:49:42 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 10:16:06 EST Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:brl-tgr:-660100:ima:19800004:000:401 Nf-From: ima!johnl Jan 8 23:09:00 1985 >I thought Fortran-77 required constant actual parameters to be >"copied in" rather than passed by reference? No, the F77 standard is deliberately vague so that either call by reference or call by copy in/out is legitimate. But let's move such discussions to net.lang. As I recall, the original argument was about whether it was legitimate to optimize object code. Sheesh. John Levine, ima!johnl