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From: William Clodius <wclodius@lanl.gov>
Subject: Re: should I be interested in ada?
Date: 1999/02/19
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Nick Roberts wrote:
> <snip>
> Correct for most existing Ada and Fortran compilers. However, I do not
> believe that this would be true for an Ada compiler which generates code
> 'late' (i.e. effectively at the linking stage).
> <snip>

Wrong. For better or worse, the Fortran standard allows the assumption
of no aliasing even under circumstances where proof that no aliasing
occurs involves solving the halting problem.

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