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Subject: Allocatable not allocable
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:02:42 +0100
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Ever since allocatable arrays were invented, in the days of Fortran 8x, I
have been bothered by the fact that the word allocatable appears in no
dictionary. This morning, a spell-checker proposed 'allocable' as an
alternative spelling, and, lo and behold, the word is in the OED meaning
'able to be allocated'. It's too late to change now, so this is just for the
record (Richard will be pleased to know).

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

P.S. The spell-checker doesn't recognise 'lo', so it's not always right!