At 19:12 07-06-2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Yes, logical kinds are good clean fun ;-)
I agree :-)
>Peter Shenkin wrote:
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>> Finally, I can think of no reason a Fortran compiler couldn't
>> implement a LOGICAL KIND corresponding to a single bit of
>> storage. Are there any that do this? If so, there should
>> be provision for it in the namelist syntax as well.
Once upun a time (in the 1960's) there existed a Dutch computer,
called "Electrologica X8", that implemented Booleans as single bits.
I'm not sure there has ever been a Fortran compiler for this system.
>The reason seems to be cost: a bit address is a new _class_ of
>address for the compiler to know about. Anyway, type bit_logical
>always seems to get shot down. It's been brought up over the
>years. I believe it is impossible to do via the type mechanism
>(and have something you can use = to assign to or from).
>
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