precision of 64 vs 32 bit gfortran compilers; with additional details

[Steve Kargl]

On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 04:53:08AM +0000, mike.howell@mchsi.com wrote:
> Sorry I did not give enough details in the first email. I was thinking
> it would be an easy answer like real variable default for the 32 bit
> gfortran is 4 bytes and 8 bytes for the 64 bit gfortran. 
> 

Default real kind in gfortran is 24-bit precision, which is
your 4 bytes.

-- 
Steve