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From: t19@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Geert J v Oldenborgh)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Implicit parameters in Sun 1.3.1 Fortran: Bug
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Date: 7 Feb 91 17:21:34 GMT
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In article <6004@idunno.Princeton.EDU> rhl@grendel.Princeton.EDU (Robert Lupton (the Good)) writes:
>We have recently installed Sun's fortran version 1.3.1 and one of my
>users came across the following:
>
>	implicit real*8 (a-z)
>	parameter (PI=3.14159)
>	print *,dcos(PI)
>	end
>
>the compiler complains about a type mismatch for dcos....

Common error: how about adding
	implicit real*8 (A-Z)
If you mix cases - beware that Fortran may mix them too!