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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Is there a way in Fortran to designate an integer value as
 integer*8 ?
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 06:39:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 23:10:29 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:

> Yup, Perl, not Curl.  AutoLisp.

Poor you. The idiosyncratic syntax of Lisp without the redeeming advanced 
features.

> Yes, I am porting from Open Watcom C++ and F77 to Simply Fortran C++ and
> GFortran right now.  Lots of new stuff that I won't use.  Incredibly
> better error detection, especially on variable types and bounds.

If I were you, I would look for opportunities to simplify things in that 
Fortran code by using new features, where I have to make major 
modifications to those parts anyway.