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Fortran has had pointers in the standard language since F'90 and as a ubiquitous vendor extension since ca. 15 years earlier.

• Affric 3y ago
  Are the often used in the big linear algebra libraries?
  • not2b 3y ago
    No. The math libraries are written in Fortran 77 for the most part, which did not have pointers. I should have been more precise about that.
    • Affric 3y ago
      Thanks for clarifying, I was intrigued by your comment and it seemed you’d know.