IBM SAA Extensions Available in Microsoft FORTRAN 5.1

 Last reviewed: July 20, 1995
Article ID: Q50505
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FORTRAN for MS-DOS and OS/2, versions 5.0, 5.1

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 reference words: kbinf 5.00 5.10
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: FORTLngIss

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Last reviewed: July 20, 1995
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