What do you prefer: real(8) or double precision and why?

From: Arindam Chakraborty (arimail77_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: 24 Aug 2004 10:42:19 -0700

Hi,
 Right now i always use
     double precision :: a
 in my FORTRAN 90 codes.

But I am not sure if this is same as
     real(8) :: a
in FORTRAN 90.

I am planning to switch from
    double precision :: a
to
    integer, parameter :: WP=8
    real(kind=WP) :: a

I am curious to know what experienced FORTRAN 90
programmers prefer and why?

Thanks in advance
--Ari

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