[MPIWG Fortran] ticket 351

[Bill Long]

On Nov 9, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Jeff Hammond <jeff.science at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> What does processor-specific mean?  It is specific to the manufacturer, the ISA, the SKU number, the serial number, ...?  I can't even fathom what sort of terrible thinking lead someone to write such a phrase in a language standard.
> 
> Why not do what everyone else does and say "implementation-specific"?  I don't even think the behavior is remotely sensitive to the processor.  The support for EXECUTE_COMMAND_LINE is primarily a function of the OS, which is not a very different thing than a processor.

Processor and processor dependent are both defined terms in the Fortran standard:

	• processor

	combination of a computing system and mechanism by which programs are transformed for use on that computing

       system



	• processor dependent

	not completely specified in this part of ISO/IEC 1539, having methods and semantics determined by the processor


So, “processor” includes the compiler, hardware, and OS.

Cheers,
Bill


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