[Info-vax] GCC for VMS, was: Re: fortran compiler roadmap?

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote:
> In article <kl97uo$uvr$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
 
>> OK, I have never thought about this one before. Does Fortran 77 allow
>> Hollerith constants as actual arguments to CHARACTER dummy arguments?
 
>   I don't think the Fortran-77 standard recognizes Hollerith, but I
>   think lots of compilers do.  And treats them the same as quoted
>   character strings.

OK, I was thinking that if they allowed Hollerith constants, passed by
reference, and quoted (with apostrophes) strings by descriptor, then
Fortran 66 programs would work, and also Fortran 77 programs, but not
mixtures between the two.

-- glen