From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 2/3/2025 1:35 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-01-31, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >> Fortran got some other rather unique usages   
   >> of logicals:   
   >>   
   >> $ type morelogfun.for   
   >>         program morelogfun   
   >>         logical*1 a(12)   
   >>         data a/1hH,1he,1hl,1hl,1ho,1h ,1hw,1ho,1hr,1hl,1hd,1h!/   
   >>         integer*4 i   
   >>         write(*,*) (a(i),i=1,12)   
   >>         write(*,'(1x,12a1)') (a(i),i=1,12)   
   >>         end   
   >> $ for morelogfun   
   >   
   > DEC Fortran still allows Hollerith constants without having to specify   
   > a compiler option to enable them ?   
   >   
   > For people who do not know historical Fortran, see:   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollerith_constant   
   >   
   > Hollerith constants have been removed from the current Fortran language   
   > standards (and rightly so).   
      
   It is an extension in VMS fortran.   
      
   And even though it is a horrible way to do text, then it   
   is not something one get to use accidentally.   
      
   Arne   
      
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