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Subject: VAX fortran query
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Why does the compiler let you get away with this?

	vf=.1
	ref=10.
	fc=ref**(-0.67)*vf
	type *,fc
	fc=ref**-0.67*vf
	type *,fc
	end

gives

2.1379620E-02
0.8570378

John MacMillan
Atomic Energy of Canada
Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment
Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada R0E 1L0

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