Hi:
Since recent discussion centres on "improvements" for future Fortran,
may I suggest the introduction of "^" symbol for exponentiation, to
eventually replace "**".
This would be consistent with some of the algebraic manipulation
systems, and
remove the possibility of certain typos going undetected, if the old
method were to be
disallowed (using a special compilation flag) except for legacy code.
I suppose it could be done now in Fortran 90/95 using "Interface
operator" but that probably compromises computational speed and
efficiency, and still allows typos to go undetected.
Mike Milgram
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