(j3.2006) [ukfortran] (SC22WG5.4347) Good news for the Fortran 2003 standard

[Toon Moene]

Ian D Chivers wrote:

> C++ and Fortran 2003 support inheritance and dynamic binding.
> These features would enable you to solve quite a wide range
> Of problems.

Indeed ...

> What do they classify as run of the mill?

... the above (well, strictly speaking - this is my classification, 
after hearing a talk about the use of OO in the new model).

>> Unfortunately, the only way forward would be to study the code - and I
>> do not have time to do that ...

I fired off that question to ECMWF.

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