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From: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: VMS --> Unix
Keywords: Fortran, Porting, Continuation
Message-ID: <7202@wright.mips.COM>
Date: 28 Oct 88 01:41:03 GMT
References: <762@fornax.UUCP>
Reply-To: rogerk@wright.UUCP (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
Lines: 17

In article <762@fornax.UUCP> tyvng@fornax.UUCP (Vincent Ng) writes:
>I am trying to port a VMS fortran program into the Sun Unix system.
>One problem I quickly encounter is the meaning of a compilation 
>command in VMS. I have something like
>          $FOR/CONTINUATIONS=99 CAUSES.
>
>I don't have a VMS Fortran manual. Can someone explain what it 
>means?

The F77 standard, and most F77s, allow up to 19 continuation lines
for a statement.  VAX FORTRAN permits more; the option sets how many
to accept.
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