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- From: knox@spruce.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Knox)
- Subject: Re: Long variable name problems, anyone?
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:34:34 GMT
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- In article 1@vxdesy.desy.de, pawlak@vxdesy.desy.de () writes:
- 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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- Embedded blanks may be legal under Fortran 77 but they preclude using
- free format (Yes! You can stop counting columns.) under Fortran 90.
- Also since blanks are separators in most other languages and contexts,
- embedded blanks contribute to the perceived obscurity of Fortran code.
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- - Bob Knox
- - Biospheric Sciences Branch, Code 923.0
- - NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- - knox@spruce.gsfc.nasa.gov | BITNET: knox@ricevm1
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