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Re: P1788 input/output

Bill, P-1788,
Yes, thinking after I spoke, I see there shouldn't be a problem with I/O (conversion 
of text strings).
Also, because it is in Fortran, there is still a demand (small or not) for GlobSol -- 
so use of intervals certainly is not disjoint from use of Fortran.

Best regards,

Baker

On 07/21/2013 07:49 PM, G. William (Bill) Walster wrote:
I know, Baker, but that is resolvable in a context-dependent way, at least it was, according to Robert Corbett. 


On 7/21/13 9:03 AM, Ralph Baker Kearfott wrote:

On 07/20/2013 10:37 AM, G. William (Bill) Walster wrote:

All,
Regarding I/O and literals, given that Fortran remains the language primarily devoted to numerically intense computing and clearly the language with the most elaborate and flexible I/O syntax and semantics, might it be worthwhile to consider its latest standard in addition to C and C++'s? 

Cheers,

Bill




That's a good point.  However, here's a minor glitch:
"[" and "]" are already in use in the
current Fortran standard as delimiters.  In particular, the delimiters
for array constructors are listed as being either "(/" and "/)" or
"[" and "]".  This is defined intrinsically in the language.
(I can't give a quote since I am not in possession of
the current official standards document.)  How might we get
around that?

Also, I'm not sure how many current interval experts (other than me)
are using Fortran.

Best regards,

Baker







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