Error: Invalid form of array reference at (1)

Steve Kargl sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Tue Feb 8 21:31:00 GMT 2011


On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 10:10:02PM +0100, Tobias Burnus wrote:
> 
> Regarding the number 80: I read in the gfortran manual that 80 matches 
> old card images and it is also a typical width of many terminals. Thus, 
> restricting one to maximally 80 characters is a good practice and also 
> GNU coding style (for C). However, in terms of Fortran only 72 and 132 
> are the magic numbers.

There is also the practical matter that for those
of us approaching our 6th decade of life, larger
font sizes seem to be a common reality.  My 80x35
xterm already covers the majority of my desktop. ;-)

-- 
Steve



More information about the Fortran mailing list