smart compilers

[johnl at ima.UUCP]

>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