Figure 6.1 IEEE floating-point formats: (a) Single precision, (b) Double precision

Figure 6.1 IEEE floating-point formats: (a) Single precision, (b) Double precision

Figure 6.2 Compile-time descriptor for static strings

Figure 6.3 Run-time descriptor for limited dynamic strings

Figure 6.4 Example slices in FORTRAN 90

Figure 6.5 Compile-time descriptor for single-dimensioned arrays

Figure 6.6 The location of the [i, j] element in a matrix

Figure 6.7 A compile-time descriptor for a multi-dimensional array

Figure 6.8 A compile-time descriptor for a record

Figure 6.9 A discriminated union of three shape variables (assume all variables are the same size)

Figure 6.10 A compile-time descriptor for a discriminated union

Figure 6.11 The assignment operation j = *ptr

Figure 6.12a Implementing dynamic variables with and without tombstones

Figure 6.12b Implementing dynamic variables with and without tombstones

Figure 6.13 An example of the actions of the marking algorithm

Figure 6.1 IEEE floating-point formats: (a) Single precision, (b) Double precision