Possible Buglet in gfortran Release 143193 (and 4.3.1 and 4.3.2)

[Steve Kargl]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 08:18:32PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Steve Kargl
> <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 08:02:45PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Steve Kargl
> ...
> >> But is that permitted in a Fortran 77 program?  I guess gfortran has
> >> no check for the f77 standard itself anymore.
> >
> > It is not legal in Fortran 77.
> >
> > Gfortran is a Fortran 95 compiler with many Fortran 2003 and
> > 2008 features.  gfortran does not have a -std=f77 mode.  Such
> > a mode would be a rather questionable step backwards.
> 
> I know you're correct, alas.
> 
> Thanks, Steve.  I'll check more closely in my quest before I wave the
> caution flag.
> 

If you have pgf77, I would think you have pgf90.  To give you a
rough estimate of the scope of the futile of retrofitting gfortran
with -std=f77

Fortran 66 --  39 pages
Fortran 77 -- 243 pages
Fortran 95 -- 376 pages 
Fortran 03 -- 585 pages
Fortran 08 -- 555 pages

-- 
Steve