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From: preston@LL.MIT.EDU (Steven Preston)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Is this kosher?
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Date: 4 Feb 91 15:20:45 GMT
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In article <91030.132436KENCB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> KENCB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
> However, MUCH to my SURPRISE, John's test program fragment compiled just
> FINE under VAX Fortran!  Sheez! 

This is unfair to VAX Fortran.  If you would do a "help fortran" you
might notice that there is are /standard and /f77 switches.  The
/standard switch, along with the /warnings switch, will produce
warning messages when certain vax extensions to the standard.  In
particular, it generated this for me:

%FORT-I-EXTILBRNCH, Extension to FORTRAN-77: Nonstandard branch into block

This seems to be very reasonable, to provide an extension (which is
legal under the standard) and a way to warn when it is used.
--
Steve Preston