[Info-vax] decnet guide

[Bob Koehler]

In article <nua1uu$nrf$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
> On 2016-10-19 15:24, Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <nu689v$2j52$1 at news.kjsl.com>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>>>
>>> OK, in Fortran77 the maximum length of
>>> a variable was 6 characters, and the same goes for DECnet node names,
>>> but I don't think that DECnet is written in Fortran.
>>
>>    In who's compiler, or to what tandard?  I knew a lot of Fortran-IV
>>    (aka 66) compilers with such limitiations, but never -77.
> 
> The DEC F77 compiler for the PDP-11 at least have a 6 character 
> limitation on variable names...
> 

   Had tons of F77 code on RSX-11M, don't recall that limitation.  In
   fact, it seemed to go away before DEC released Fortran 4+ (F77 before
   it was standardized).

   Perhaps the compiler on a different PDP-11 OS?