Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!dedina From: dedina@cup.portal.com (Michael J Dedina) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Is the INCLUDE statement standard? Message-ID: <33625@cup.portal.com> Date: 7 Sep 90 05:51:42 GMT References: <1990Aug29.160951.19827@athena.mit.edu> <1990Aug30.150548.27103@eplrx7.uucp> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 28 /In article / maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) writes: />I really don't recall whether IBM mainframes do anything comparable. />(Perhaps it's a mental block that protects my sanity by erasing />most of the memories of the horrid years that I had to put up with />IBM mainframes). / /Yes, recent IBM mainframe compilers (e.g., FORTVS) have an INCLUDE /statement, but I found it completely useless because INCLUDE wasn't /recursive (i.e., no INCLUDEd file could contain an INCLUDE statement). /Another *fine* example of IBM's attention to detail... I *beg* your pardon; recent IBM mainframe compilers (VS Fortran) certainly do accept *nested* include files. If you really wanted *recursive* include files so your compiler can run all night in an infinite loop, then by all means you need a different compiler. Another *fine* example of a compiler-user's attention to detail... /-- /"As long as you've lit one candle, Walt Leipold /you're allowed to curse the darkness." (leipolw%esvax@dupont.com) /-- /-- /The UUCP Mailer Mike Dedina dedina@cup.portal.com