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From: rajiv_agrawal@brachiosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: Microsoft Fortran
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Date: 8 Apr 90 08:08:35 GMT
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Recently we upgraded to MS Fortran 5.0 and I have been quite happy with
the compiler.  Much better than the previous versions except some new
errors have crept up ... SAVE statement for COMMON blocks.  Last time
I compiled my code under MS FORTRAN 4.1, I never got any errors.  Here is
what happens:

	subroutine sub1 
	common /abc/ x,y,x
	save /abc/
	....
	end
	subroutine sub2
	common /abc/ x,y,z
	save /abc/
	...
	end


The compiler produces an error saying that ABC has already been declared 
SAVE.  Other compilers, RM/Fortran , VAX Fortran do not give the above
error.  Maybe, its time I fished out an old dusty copy of the Fortran 77
standard and verified what is going on.

I am pretty happy with the compiler.  It is quite fast in compilation and
produces fast code.  Good utilities like NMAKE too.

Rajiv.