(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.5758) RE: RE: Units of measure

[Van Snyder]

On Fri, 2016-07-08 at 03:38 +0000, Bill Long wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 5:36 PM, Van Snyder <van.snyder at jpl.nasa.gov>
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > If it's straightforward to add units in C++, why is it
> insurmountably
> > difficult in Fortran?
> 
> I assume that it can be added to C++ as a class library.    If all of
> coarrays can be added to C++ without any modifications to the compiler
> or language spec, it seems likely units could be also.

Why can't that be done in Fortran?

> Cheers,
> Bill
> 
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