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Transfer 20 106 (8/14/2012 2:03:56 AM) comp.lang.fortran I find a frequent need to byte swap when I transfer from little endian to big endian destined output. It would be nice if transfer automatically byte swapped (by selection). Does it already support this ... Gary

Will Submodules Solve World Hunger? 4 86 (7/9/2012 12:54:42 PM) comp.lang.fortran I've not had a clear requirement although it might have been convenient in a few cases... ... Gary

Happy 4th of July! 3 72 (7/4/2012 3:41:58 PM) comp.lang.fortran Happy 4th of July! ... Gary

Where Is The Fortran Cadre? 22 63 (5/28/2012 3:08:29 PM) comp.lang.fortran Where is the Fortran Cadre? ... Gary

OT: Lottery Number Distribution 8 74 (4/29/2012 7:20:07 PM) comp.lang.fortran I've noticed that TX lottery winning numbers are not evenly distributed, for example since 1992, the values 51, 53, and 54 are very rare while the values 1-44 are fairly consistently recurring (approximate ... Gary

DATE_AND_TIME Quality of Implementation 4 107 (4/14/2012 2:46:41 AM) comp.lang.fortran The milliseconds "values" element (8) when queried (IVF 11.1/Win) appears to have a resolution of 15 milliseconds. That seems unreasonably low resolution. But the other thing that's annoying is that com... Gary

64 Bit UID? 3 138 (4/11/2012 12:45:57 PM) comp.lang.fortran My UUID generating tool generates a 128 bit value. Since few compilers support 128 bit integers and it is a bit inconvenient to process, does someone have a 64 bit UUID generating scheme? ... Gary

Derived Type Allocatable Component 22 106 (3/25/2012 4:16:21 PM) comp.lang.fortran Hi, If I have a sequence derived type with say two allocatable components, does it matter the order that I allocate the components? Is it essentially "undefined" until I allocate the final component? ... Gary

OMG! Supernews W/O SPAM 4 92 (3/24/2012 12:39:55 AM) comp.lang.fortran I wonder if its a fluke...not a single spam message! ... Gary

Odd Design of a Function 16 54 (3/8/2012 1:52:34 AM) comp.lang.fortran A library I use has one or more functions designed that return a single integer both as the argument and as the return value. Is that bad programming style or any issue with doing that? ... Gary

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binary data #2 72 96 (8/30/2012 9:40:13 AM) comp.lang.fortran Hi! My dosimeters provide data ASCII data-files, providing the data in 16-bit h= exadecimal words. Reading in these words goes well. I declared them as foll= ows: CHARACTER(4) :: MyWord In SOME ca... arjan.van.dijk (248)

Function questions? 66 69 (8/26/2012 7:57:35 PM) comp.lang.fortran A) Is there an analog to C's return statement? e.g., "return 3.14159;" B) Which is preferred/most current: 1) adding "result(...)" onto the end of the function declaration or 2) assigning the fu... john.chludzinski (61)

Transfer 20 106 (8/14/2012 2:03:56 AM) comp.lang.fortran I find a frequent need to byte swap when I transfer from little endian to big endian destined output. It would be nice if transfer automatically byte swapped (by selection). Does it already support this ... garylscott (1357)

Will Submodules Solve World Hunger? 4 86 (7/9/2012 12:54:42 PM) comp.lang.fortran I've not had a clear requirement although it might have been convenient in a few cases... ... garylscott (1357)

Is there a way to do the following... 37 51 (6/15/2012 5:16:48 PM) comp.lang.fortran Fortran gurus: I am trying to define a sqrt operator for a derived type. I would like to be able to bind the sqrt to the derived type and use it like the regular intrinsic sqrt. Here is an example of wha... lewis.john.lloyd (6)

Where Is The Fortran Cadre? 22 63 (5/28/2012 3:08:29 PM) comp.lang.fortran Where is the Fortran Cadre? ... garylscott (1357)

OT: Lottery Number Distribution 8 74 (4/29/2012 7:20:07 PM) comp.lang.fortran I've noticed that TX lottery winning numbers are not evenly distributed, for example since 1992, the values 51, 53, and 54 are very rare while the values 1-44 are fairly consistently recurring (approximate ... garylscott (1357)

fortran #6 33 50 (4/28/2012 6:08:15 PM) comp.lang.fortran Hello every one, I want to obtain the fortran code of an equation as subroutine.Please can compile the following equation=C2=A8: =CF=84=3Dm k=E2=88=9A[1-e**(-(=CE=BC =CF=83 /m k)**n ) ] Where, =CF=84 : ... eng_mohamedramadan (13)

subroutine #3 9 48 (4/28/2012 5:19:51 PM) comp.lang.fortran Hello every one, I want to obtain the fortran code of an equation as subroutine.Please can compile the following equation=C2=A8: =CF=84=3Dm k=E2=88=9A[1-e^(-(=CE=BC =CF=83 /m k)^n ) ] Where, =CF=84 : fr... eng_mohamedramadan (13)

OT: Damned spammers back! 12 63 (4/25/2012 8:37:23 PM) comp.lang.fortran Looks like the Damned Druggie Spammers (DDS) are back on c.l.f. The one good thing is that GG seems to be throttling their posts to about one every 5 minutes, so I don't think we'll get quite as flooded a... Ken.Fairfield (491)