961217: F90 standard "byte"

Hi John,

> To: address@hidden
> cc: bdg (Brian Gross)
> From: address@hidden (John Sheldon)
> Subject: EPCC F90 compiler chokes on Integer*1

In the above message you wrote:

> A user here is trying to use netCDF in his F90 code to be compiled with
> the EPCC F90 compiler, but it chokes on the "integer*1" declaration in
> 'netcdf.inc'.  Evidently, this data type is not part of the F90
> standard (and, by implication, ANSI-standard F77).  Is there a
> get-around for this?

Does the EPCC F90 compiler support an 8-bit data type?  If so, what is
it?

What's the output of `uname -a' on this system?

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>