Interval Arithmetic

[vpantfee]

Does Intel 11.1 compiler support INTERVAL data type and interval aritmetic operationsas are available in Sun compiler ?

For example
INTERVAL :: X =[1, 3] , Y = [ 2, 4]
PRINT * , X+Y, 1X , X-Y , 1X , X*Y, 1X, X/Y

Thanks in advance for kind information

[Steven_L_Intel1 · Accepted solution]

No, and no plans to do this. Sun had at one time made a proposal to add interval arithmetic to the Fortran standard, but the proposal was withdrawn and there was little enthusiasm for it among the committee as a whole. Note that Fortran 2003 standardizes the syntax [2,3] as an array constructor.

[vpantfee]

Quoting - Steve Lionel (Intel)

No, and no plans to do this. Sun had at one time made a proposal to add interval arithmetic to the Fortran standard, but the proposal was withdrawn and there was little enthusiasm for it among the committee as a whole. Note that Fortran 2003 standardizes the syntax [2,3] as an array constructor.

Thank you Steve for the information.