problems using sizeof()

[Jeff Siegal]

In article <8000001 at modcomp> joe at modcomp.UUCP writes:
>Jeff Siegal (jbs @ fenchurch.mit.edu.UUCP) writes:
>>You can't tell the size of an object from a
>>pointer to it.
>
>Not true for Fortran 77.  The semantics of the language require that the size
>of a character string argument also be passed to a procedure.

Did you READ my article?  I made this exact point in the next
paragraph.  More than just the pointer is being passed.  The length is
being passed separately, although the language hides this.  C doesn't
(have hidden arguments).

Jeff Siegal