[Info-vax] Fortran

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/6/2018 8:48 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> Specifically Hollerith fields.
> 
> Your example has been playing on my mind.  I figured it out.
> You deliberately wrote it to be difficult to read.
> 
> Observe:
> 
>  >     I truly believe that the vast majority consider:
>  >      4HABCD,4HEFGH
>  >  more difficult to read than:
>  >     'ABCDEFGH'
> 
> How about:   8HABCDEFGH
> 
> Why did you choose to split your Hollerith example?  Other
> than to make it "more difficult to read"?

Assuming INTEGER*8 not available, then I believe
that the 8H construct is only valid in FORMAT and
not in DATA or assignment.

Arne