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Robert A Duff wrote:
> 
> In practise, you can count on the fact that all Ada compilers will
> choose row-major order, unless you ask for column-major via the above
> pragma, even though the RM does not say so.

Because of the implementation advice in ARM 3.6.2.: "An implementation 
should normally represent multidimensional arrays in row-major order, 
consistent with the notation used for multidimensional array aggregates 
(see 4.3.3). However, if a pragma Convention(Fortran, ...) applies to a 
multidimensional array type, then column-major order should be used 
instead (see B.5, ``Interfacing with Fortran'')."

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Jeff Carter
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oxen, for they shall inhibit their girth."
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