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From: CEReid@cup.portal.com (Curtis E Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Digital Review Article: VAX Fortran will break under F88
Message-ID: <19553@cup.portal.com>
Date: 17 Jun 89 03:19:10 GMT
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There was an article on the front page of DIGITAL REVIEW this week that said 
VAX FORTRAN will break under F88 if implemented.  The F88 Standards has been
adopted against DEC's wishes and codes that uses VAX Extensions extensively
will break under F88.

Is this true?  I have a lot of source codes that made extensive use of VAX
Extensions.  Will these codes have to be modified to F77 so it will be
compatible with F88 when it comes out?  Or, should I start looking at other
languages?

            Curtis