Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site sdcc3.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!drf From: drf@sdcc3.UUCP (Donald R. Fredkin) Newsgroups: net.lang.f77 Subject: Minor I/O bug Message-ID: <3117@sdcc3.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 14:44:56 EST Article-I.D.: sdcc3.3117 Posted: Fri Dec 20 14:44:56 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Dec-85 00:36:38 EST Reply-To: drf@sdcc3.UUCP (Donald R. Fredkin) Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 10 The f77 compiler complains of a syntax error at the first line of the following program (4.2bsd on VAX, v2.0 on SUN): write(6,10) (-1) 10 format(i2) end Removal of the parentheses around -1 cures the problem. This seems to violate section 12.8.2.2 of ANSI X3.9-1978, which states that an can be "(5) Any other expression ..."