Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!ucat!pesnta!peora!ucf-cs!novavax!hcx1!bill From: bill@hcx1.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Fortran identifiers around the worl Message-ID: <44400006@hcx1> Date: Fri, 12-Dec-86 15:18:00 EST Article-I.D.: hcx1.44400006 Posted: Fri Dec 12 15:18:00 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 02:09:05 EST References: <1614@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu:-161400:hcx1:44400006:000:675 Nf-From: hcx1.UUCP!bill Dec 12 15:18:00 1986 > And what I'm specifically wondering is: is there any consensus on name > length? Is there any consensus on underscores? I'm soliciting votes... > > garry wiegand (garry%cadif-oak@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu) > /* End of text from hcx1:comp.lang.fortran */ I suggest you read the FORTRAN/77 standard. All compilers that claim to be standard FORTRAN/77 (and thus have been validated by the FCVC) must accept names conforming to that standard. Those consist of 6 letters or digits, the first of which must be a letter. This is why there are standards in the first place. Bill Leonard Harris Computer Systems Division Fort Lauderdale, FL !{codas,allegra}!novavax!hcx1!bill