From: garylscott@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 1/28/2024 2:54 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   >> On Sat, 27 Jan 2024 22:58:27 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   >>>   
   >>>> It even does recursive functions/subroutines. But you must explicitly   
   >>>> declare them RECURSIVE, which C doesn’t.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's the functionality that counts, not the syntax.   
   >>   
   >> 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, and there are two sides to that argument what should   
   > be the default.   
   >   
   > Just one example: Stack sizes are severely limited even on modern   
   > systems, at least by default (and sometimes even more severely   
   > for multithreaded applications).  So, it is quite possible for an   
   > application to work fine with non-recursive subroutines, but to   
   > crash mysteriously with recursive subrotines, on modern systems.   
   >   
   > So, should a compiler by default follow F2018 (which makes   
   > procedures recursive by default) or not?  Hmmm...   
   Definitely should NOT be the default.   
      
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