derived types

[jsdy at SEISMO.ARPA]

> one of the constraints not mentioned so far (or i missed it) is that
> sizeof(int) must be the same as sizeof(int *). ...

No.  This is something a lot of people believe.  (Especially those who
believe that on the 0th day God created the VAX ... and on days 1-7,
'cuz He liked it so much.)  It is, as you say, an ethnocentrism, and a
hindrance to portable code.  It is  n o t  true.	;-S

Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy at seismo.{ARPA,UUCP}