From owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Tue Dec 3 10:16:49 2002 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) id KAA84687 for sc22wg5-domo; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:16:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: ptah.dkuug.dk: majordom set sender to owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk using -f Received: from nameserv.rl.ac.uk (nameserv.rl.ac.uk [130.246.135.129]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id KAA84682 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:16:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jkr@jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk) Received: from jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk (jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk [130.246.8.20]) by nameserv.rl.ac.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA29846 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 09:16:45 GMT Received: (from jkr@localhost) by jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) id JAA11159 for SC22WG5@dkuug.dk; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 09:20:52 GMT Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 09:20:52 GMT From: John Reid Message-Id: <200212030920.JAA11159@jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk> To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.2641) Allocatable not allocable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Precedence: bulk ----- Begin Included Message ----- Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 17:04:38 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Corbett Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.2641) Allocatable not allocable To: michaelmetcalf@compuserve.com Cc: sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Reply-to: Robert Corbett Message-id: <0H6I00MPJQZQ2H@mpkmail.eng.sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: dtmail 1.3.0 @(#)CDE Version 1.3.4p_5 SunOS 5.7 sun4u sparc Content-type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-MD5: r+6pn2zjqJoX9Qx4hGWwmw== > 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 Allocatable shows up in my Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition. Sincerely, Bob Corbett ----- End Included Message -----