Re: variable length of integer

relaxmike wrote:
(snip)

> I am not sure for this last point. The fortran language remains
> very poor considering string processing.

Fortran was not intended as an all-purpose language.
Some amount of string processing is needed for the mathematical
programming that Fortran is usually intended for.  There
are many languages with more string processing features,
though usually not as good for numerical work.

> In 2010, we may have dynamic strings, but how long for string
> formatting, string matching, string splitting, string mapping,
> regular expressions, etc...
> See the features available in other languages, booo.
> In Fox for example, a large number of lines are devoted to the
> string processing.

-- glen