Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!necntc!ames!ptsfa!pbhye!bs From: bs@pbhye.UUCP (Bruce Skelly) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Array storage order Message-ID: <1786@pbhye.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 10:50:58 EDT Article-I.D.: pbhye.1786 Posted: Wed Jul 8 10:50:58 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 06:37:11 EDT References: <1215@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <105@anumb.UUCP> <3538@watvlsi.UUCP> <1782@pbhye.UUCP> Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 12 Summary: Ooooopppppsss!!!! Xref: mnetor comp.lang.fortran:153 comp.lang.pascal:195 In article <1782@pbhye.UUCP>, bs@pbhye.UUCP (Bruce Skelly) writes: > > I can never thank enough the FORTRAN teacher I had who taught me that > FORTRAN array storage works just like a cars odometer, i.e. the right ----------------------------------------- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Now that several people have reminded me, I think he must have said "just the opposite of a cars odometer" > most digit/subscript increments the fastest. Bruce Skelly I guess I did need a disclaimer, against stupidity.