Re: Double precision random number generator in Fortran 77

On 17 Nov 2005 02:51:52 -0800, os2_user@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> paul v birke wrote:
>> it compiles and runs under watcom

> That's strange. Lahey doesn't like it and my Fortran book says it's an
> error.

It's not strange. A standard-conforming compiler is allowed to do anything it
likes when presented with a nonstandard program. One of the possibilities is
to accept it. This is called an "extension".

>> > The Fortran 77 version doesn't compile. There is an illegal data
>> > statement for the variable mti which is in COMMON. It can be fixed by
>> > having a block data statement. Has anyone else noticed this error?
>> >

Lots of Fortran 77 compilers accept this as an extension.



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