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"Ludovic Brenta" <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote in message
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> Also, in Ada, the loop index does not exist outside of the loop.  From
> what you said, it seems to me that in Fortran, the loop index still
> exists after the loop, and has a well-defined value, but the
> programmer can then change it.  Correct?

Naturally the value of the loop variable can be changed
once the loop has terminated.
The loop variable is just an ordinary variable.
The loop variable can be used in any way subsequently
(including as the control variable for another loop).