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- From: pawlak@vxdesy.desy.de
- Subject: Re: Long variable name problems, anyone?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.123039.1@vxdesy.desy.de>
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- References: <morten.716205139@oase>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 12:30:39 GMT
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- In article <morten.716205139@oase>, morten@oase.kemi.aau.dk (Morten Kjeldgaard) writes:
- > Has anyone EVER found a modern f77 compiler that does NOT accept variable
- > names > 6 characters, and underscore characters?
- >
- Hint: if you want to write portable code don't use underscores in names
- - use spaces. It is perfectly legal and standard... On the other hand - since
- about four years I didn't have to use any compiler that wouldn't allow
- underscores.
- Michal
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