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From: ubiquity@cs.utexas.edu (Richard Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: global data
Summary: Anyone for C?
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Date: 7 Jan 91 14:15:29 GMT
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In article <1991Jan7.131620.27789@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> fox@DASHER.NSCL.MSU.EDU
writes:
>.. and since INCLUDE is not part of the FORTRAN-77 standard, there's no
>portable way to get the effect of a global parameter statement.  

One way to get a semi-portable INCLUDE *anywhere* is to use the C
preprocessor.  You don't have to know anything about C, except
for the rules of #include itself.  C is widely available, so most
installations will have it.  I have frequently used it with FORTRAN,
and also the C #define statements, which I find much more convenient
than PARAMETER statements.

It does add an extra step to program preparation, though.
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