Re: fortran character set

Hello,

Wade Ward wrote:

<snip>

In C, they've got
the character set for the source and another for the execution. I
remember being puzzled by how to characterize backslash null. Is this
a distinction that fortran has as well?

In standard Fortran, the preferred answer is that there are no
backslash escapes. There may be an option to enable them. But
by default, they shouldn't be there. (That is, support when requested,
no annoyance otherwise.)

To further amplify, the standard doesn't specify backslash escapes.
Some vendors try to justify backslash escapes on the grounds
that it's a processor-dependent character set. It is an argument
I find distasteful at best.

I've just relocated to a city with a half-million people where I know
exactly zero. It's nice to hear friendly voices.

People are strange ...

--

Dan Nagle
Purple Sage Computing Solutions, Inc.
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