DOCUMENT:Q50505  04-MAY-2001  [fortran]
TITLE   :IBM SAA Extensions Available in Microsoft FORTRAN 5.1
PRODUCT :Microsoft Fortran Compiler
PROD/VER::5.0,5.1
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft FORTRAN compiler for OS/2, versions 5.0, 5.1 
 - Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler for MS-DOS, versions 5.0, 5.1 
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft FORTRAN versions 5.0 and 5.1 include all of the Systems Applications
Architecture (SAA) extensions defined by IBM. The extensions are listed on pages
330-331 of the Microsoft FORTRAN "Reference" manual for versions 5.0 and 5.1 and
in the text below.

Microsoft FORTRAN supports the following IBM SAA extensions.

 - 31 character names

 - Bit manipulation intrinsic function

 - Case insensitive source

 - COMMON allows character and noncharacter data in same block

 - CONJG, HFIX, IMAG intrinsic functions

 - Data initialization in type statements

 - EQUIVALENCE allows associating character and noncharacter data

 - Functions IOR, IAND, NOT IEOR, ISHFT, BTEST, IBSET, and IBCLR

 - IMPLICIT NONE

 - INCLUDE compiler directive

 - INTEGER*2, COMPLEX*16, and LOGICAL*1 data types

 - Optional length specifications in INTEGER, REAL, COMPLEX, and LOGICAL type
   statements

 - Using the underscore (_) in names

 - Z edit descriptor

Additional query words: kbinf nofps 5.00 5.10

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Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbFORTRAN510DOS kbFORTRAN500DOS kbFORTRAN500OS2 kbFORTRAN510OS2
Version           : :5.0,5.1

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