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From: Gareth Owen <usenet@gwowen.freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Ada vs Fortran for scientific applications
Date: 25 May 2006 12:23:37 +0100
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Dan Nagle <dannagle@verizon.net> writes:

> What's the difference between a programmer controlling a check,
> and a programmer setting a compiler option?

There is a difference between 
"X is available on every compiler" and "X is part of the language".

To most of us, it's a meaningless difference, but it *is* a difference.