From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/15/2024 1:28 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   > Lynn McGuire  schrieb:   
   >   
   >> "DYNOSOR: a set of subroutines for dynamic memory organization in   
   >> Fortran programs"   
   >>      https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/954654.954661   
   >>   
   >> One of our guys went to an ACM conference in 1977 and came back with   
   >> this paper.  It was the answer to our memory problems on the Univac   
   >> 1108, the CDC 7600, and later the IBM 370.   
   >   
   > Only the first page is readable, the rest is behind paywall,   
   > unfortunately.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I converted the memory allocation scheme from a common block in 1992 ???   
   >> to using the C malloc, realloc, and free library functions.  Worked like   
   >> a champ on Unix, Vax VMS, IBM mainframes, and PC DOS using various F77   
   >> compilers.   
   >   
   > If you're already using dynamic allocation, then you can of course   
   > keep on doing what you are doing.  It will not be officially   
   > supported, but the likelyhood of this continuing to work is high   
   > (no guarantees, though).   
      
   There are no guarantees for anything in life !  Hardware and software   
   are the worst of all for consistency.   
      
   I am thinking that 32 bit and 64 bit are here to stay for quite a while.   
     I am wondering what will be next, 128 bit (already in planning) or 256   
   bit.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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