Fortran question

[Lassi A. Tuura]

> Your idea of how such things work in C++ is very misleading.  C++
> requires that those implicitly instantiated templates obey the usual
> Onde Definition Rule -- pretty much in agreement with the requirement
> on COMMON block in both f77 and f90 standards.

Oh by all means I didn't mean to draw exact parallel, hence the "sort 
of".  Only my experience is that linker/dynamic linker and C++ folks 
seem to largely live on different planets, and it's good to use a 
limited number of very simple terms to make sure the two meet and 
perhaps even understand each other :-)

I am all for a clear description of exactly what should happen with 
various C++ language features at the lowest levels.  The number of 
widely used systems that have gotten them wrong, and still get them 
wrong, is so huge I don't know whether we should laugh or cry :-)

Lassi
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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
	--Albert Einstein