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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Thomas Koenig   
   Re: Intel Fortran Help in VS   
   28 Jan 24 13:18:53   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 08:54:48 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   >   
   >> You shouldn’t need separate syntax to enable something that should be   
   >> available as a matter of course.   
   >   
   > What "should be available as a matter of course" is very much an   
   > opinion ...   
      
   Every modern language has that capability.   
      
   > Just one example: Stack sizes are severely limited even on modern   
   > systems ...   
      
   Yes, but at least we can assume we have a stack.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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