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To: bill@amber.ssd.csd.harris.com (Bill Leonard)
From: "Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Schmitt" <SUPERVISOR@edvzbb2.ben-fh.tuwien.ac.at>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1994 10:42:37 CET+60
Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.488) Re: Comp.lang.fortran comments on evolution
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Bill Leonard writes:

> 
> The fact is, there is no technical reason for this restriction to 
> remain. It is a holdover from ancient architectures.  Furthermore, 
> F90 now allows structures containing both CHARACTER and 
> non-CHARACTER data, and COMMON is
> nothing more than a big structure.  So what's the problem?

The difference is storrage association.

Regards, Gerhard