From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!sytek!gi!lou@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.bugs Title: Re: f77 bug - (nf) Article-I.D.: gi.175 Posted: Wed Jun 23 09:24:23 1982 Received: Sun Jun 27 23:25:18 1982 A zero isn't supposed to be a continuation character, according to both the '66 and '77 Fortran standards. You should never have a 0 in column six. I am not surprised you got a syntax error on your `continuation' line that started with a 0. A continuation line is defined as one which has a non-blank, non-zero character in column 6. Lou Warshawsky General Instrument R&D Chandler, AZ