MIPSpro™ Fortran Language Reference Manual, Volume 3

Document Number: 007 -3694-006

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The F90 compiler includes United States software patents 5,247,696, 5,257,372, and 5,361,354.

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Adapted with permission of McGraw-Hill, Inc. from the FORTRAN 90 HANDBOOK, Copyright © 1992 by Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne C. Adams, Jeanne T. Martin, Brian T. Smith, and Jerrold L. Wagener. All rights reserved. SGI is solely responsible for the content of this work.

Cover design by Sarah Bolles, Sarah Bolles Design, and Dany Galgani, SGI Technical Publications.

Record of Revision

Revision 2.0November 1995 
Original Printing. The sections in this manuals previously appeared in the CF90 Fortran Language Reference Manual, revision 1.0, publication SR-3902, and the CF90 Commands and Directives Reference Manual.

Revision 3.0May 1997 
This printing supports the Cray Research CF90 3.0 release running on UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems, and the MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90 compiler release 7.2 running on the IRIX operating system. The implementation of features on IRIX operating system platforms is deferred.

Revision 3.0.1August 1997 
This online revision supports the Cray Research CF90 3.0.1 release, running on UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems, and the MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90 compiler 7.2 release, running on the IRIX operating system. Includes minor updates and corrections to revision 3.0.

Revision 3.0.2March 1998 
This online revision supports the Cray Research CF90 3.0.2 release, running on UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems, and the MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90 compiler 7.2.1 release, running on the IRIX operating system. Includes minor updates and corrections to revision 3.0.1.

Revision 3.1August 1998 
This online revision supports the Cray Research CF90 3.1 release, running on UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems, and the MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90 compiler 7.2.1 release, running on the IRIX operating system. Includes minor updates and corrections to revision 3.0.2.

Revision 3.2January 1999 
This revision (007-3694-004) supports the CF90 3.2 release, running on the UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems, and the MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90 7.3 release, running on the IRIX operating system. It includes major updates to revision 3.1.

Revision 005September 1999 
This revision supports the CF90 3.3 release, running on the UNICOS and UNICOS/mk operating systems, and the MIPSpro 7 Fortran 90 7.3 release, running on the IRIX operating system. It includes minor updates to revision 3.2.

Revision 006September 2002 
This revision supports the MIPSpro Fortran 90 compiler release 7.4 running on the IRIX operating system version 6.5 and later.