ciemo@bananapc.SGI.COM (Dave Ciemiewicz) (03/10/89)
The FORTRAN 77 standard guarantees identifiers (variable names,
function/subroutine names, parameter names) to be unique in the first
6 characters. However, most FORTRAN implementations seem to guarantee
uniqueness for greater than 6 characters. For instance, VMS FORTRAN
and MIPS FORTRAN (used on the IRIS-4D) guarantee uniqueness to 32 characters.
I am interested in knowing the implementation limits for identifiers
for various FORTRAN compilers, especially those running on super computers.
If desired, I will post results to comp.lang.fortran. Please reply
to me directly. Best paths are ciemo@sgi.com or {decwrl,sun,ucbvax}!sgi!ciemo.
Thanks!!
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