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From: wsj@hpcllcm.HP.COM (Bill Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Suppresing compiler generated "_" suffix on names
Message-ID: <68290003@hpcllcm.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Jan 91 00:57:51 GMT
References: <10557@lanl.gov>
Organization: Hewlett Packard Calif. Language Lab
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>>The f77 on Hewlett-Packard's 9000 Series 800 RISC-based machines doesn't
>>prepend  or  postpend  underbars  to  the  name  unless  requested.  The
>>compiler directive $POSTPEND will add underbars after all external names
>>to provide compatibility with BSD-based UNIX systems.
>>
>
>Similar functionality is also provided by the HP 9000 Series 300 (workstations)
>and 3000 Series 900 (MPE/XL - HP proprietary OS) compilers.
>
>Jeff Caldwell
>jbc@hpda.hp.com

Actually,  the  Series 300  doesn't  provide  the  option of not  having
underbars magically added to the symbols.

Bill Johnson
wsj@hpda.hp.com

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