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From: jabarby@wateng.UUCP (Jim Barby)
Newsgroups: gripe,net.lang
Subject: f77 bug
Message-ID: <320@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Sep-83 12:41:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: wateng.320
Posted: Thu Sep 15 12:41:48 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Sep-83 00:52:28 EDT
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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It appears f77 that if you initialize a double precision (or real)
using a data statement to a number greater than the largest number
f77 crowbars it to the largest number WITHOUT telling you (ie.
without a single warning or error message).

For example

	double precision xxx
	data xxx/1d50/

will result in xxx = 1.701411834607d38 NOT 1d50 as desired.