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Re:C Is Not Suited to SIMD by cozzyd on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @01:14AM (#42849390)
yes, Fortran forbids referring to the same memory location by multiple names.
Re:C Is Not Suited to SIMD by pklausler on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @01:51AM (#42849586)
Nope. There’s lots of ways to alias storage in Fortran.
Re:C Is Not Suited to SIMD by cozzyd on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @11:06AM (#42853910)
sorry, I meant in the case of function parameters, though I'm far from a fortran expert so there may be exceptions.