Compatibility between Compaq Visual Fortran and gfortran

[Paul Thomas]

>Actually it isn't standard fortran, the standard explicitly prohibits it 
>[1].
>It also assumes the default integer is four characters long, which is not 
>portable.

Good Heavens, you are right!  When I think of all the code that uses 
equivalence (integer,character)...  Each and every compiler that I have 
access to accepts this non-standard feature; to the extent that I did not 
think to verify my remark.  Rats!

Jens,

In answer to your question about the output being different: just look at 
the format specifiers - there are no spaces (1X) in the 2nd program.  If you 
bear that in mind, you will see that the numerical content of the output is 
the same.

Paul T