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From: bs@pbhye.UUCP (Bruce Skelly)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Array storage order
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Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 10:50:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  8 10:50:58 1987
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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.