[comp.lang.fortran] Fortran identifiers around the worl

bill@hcx1.UUCP (12/12/86)

> And what I'm specifically wondering is: is there any consensus on name
> length? Is there any consensus on underscores? I'm soliciting votes...
>  
> garry wiegand   (garry%cadif-oak@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu)
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I suggest you read the FORTRAN/77 standard.  All compilers that claim
to be standard FORTRAN/77 (and thus have been validated by the FCVC)
must accept names conforming to that standard.  Those consist of 6
letters or digits, the first of which must be a letter.

This is why there are standards in the first place.

Bill Leonard
Harris Computer Systems Division
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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