Microsoft KB Archive/50504

= VAX FORTRAN Extensions Available in Microsoft FORTRAN 5.1 =

Article ID: 50504

Article Last Modified on 12/1/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler 5.0
 * Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler 5.1
 * Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler 5.0
 * Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler 5.1

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This article was previously published under Q50504



Microsoft FORTRAN versions 5.0 and 5.1 includes many, but not all, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX FORTRAN extensions. The Microsoft FORTRAN &quot;Reference&quot; manual for versions 5.0 and 5.1 lists most of the supported extensions on pages 331-332. Appendix B in the Reference manual lists other features of FORTRAN versions 5.0 and 5.1.

Microsoft FORTRAN supports the following VAX FORTRAN extensions.


 * 31 character names
 * ACCESS selector 'APPEND' in the OPEN statement
 * Integer arrays can contain FORMAT statements
 * BLOCKSIZE and NML I/O keywords
 * Debug comment lines
 * DO statements without specified labels
 * DO WHILE statement
 * END DO statement
 * EQUIVALENCE of character and noncharacter items
 * EQUIVALENCE to a multi-dimensional array with only one subscript
 * Exponentiation of REAL and COMPLEX statements
 * IMPLICIT NONE
 * INCLUDE compiler directive
 * Initialization on the declaration line
 * In-line comments
 * Length specifications in the FUNCTION statement
 * Length specifications in type declarations
 * Mixing character and noncharacter items in COMMON statements
 * NAMELIST
 * Noninteger alternate return values
 * Noninteger array subscripts
 * Numeric operands for .AND., .OR., and so on
 * Specified common-block variables in DATA statements outside a BLOCK DATA subroutine
 * STRUCTURE, UNION, MAP statements
 * Up to 99 continuation lines
 * Using the dollar sign ($) in names
 * .XOR. operator

Additional query words: nofps kbinf 5.00 5.10

Keywords: KB50504

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