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Design Issues for Subprograms

• What parameter passing methods are provided?

• Are parameter types checked?

• Are local variables static or dynamic?

• What is the referencing environment of a passed subprogram?

• Are parameter types in passed subprograms checked?

• Can subprogram definitions be nested?

• Can subprograms be overloaded?

• Are subprograms allowed to be generic?

• Is separate/independent compilation supported?