Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu!v087mxgb From: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Externals and Block Data Message-ID: <44690@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Date: 6 Nov 90 23:59:33 GMT References: <28325@shamash.cdc.com> <12010@pucc.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@acsu.Buffalo.EDU Reply-To: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu Organization: University at Buffalo Lines: 7 Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4.3 no no, you ARE correct... my original question was about EXTERNAL statement, there was no BLOCK DATA involved....thanks for help though! st