In early implementations of FORTRAN language, a compiler may choose to use static allocation (i.e., allocation in the static area) for local variables and parameters, effectively arranging for the variables of different invocations to share the same locations, and thereby avoiding any run-time overhead for creation and destruction of stack frames. However, such an implemen- tation changes the meaning of recursive function calls. Provide a simple example and explain how its meaning changes under the “FORTRAN” semantics as stated above, compared with standard semantics found in languages like C, Python, and Java.
In early implementations of FORTRAN language, a compiler may choose to use static allocation (i.e., allocation in the static area) for local variables and parameters, effectively arranging for the variables of different invocations to share the same locations, and thereby avoiding any run-time overhead for creation and destruction of stack frames. However, such an implemen- tation changes the meaning of recursive function calls. Provide a simple example and explain how its meaning changes under the “FORTRAN” semantics as stated above, compared with standard semantics found in languages like C, Python, and Java.
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In early implementations of FORTRAN language, a compiler may choose to use static
allocation (i.e., allocation in the static area) for local variables and parameters, effectively arranging
for the variables of different invocations to share the same locations, and thereby avoiding
any run-time overhead for creation and destruction of stack frames. However, such an implemen-
tation changes the meaning of recursive function calls.
Provide a simple example and explain how its meaning changes under the “FORTRAN” semantics
as stated above, compared with standard semantics found in languages like C, Python, and Java.
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