[petsc-dev] make all PETSc Fortran examples modern freeform?

[Blaise A Bourdin]

I haven’t use fixed-form in a long time, but isn’t free-form a superset of fixed-form? Are there situation where a fixed form code cannot be compiled as free form source code?

Blaise

On Nov 7, 2013, at 8:12 AM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
>>   Is there any reason we cannot force everyone to use
>>   free-form. Aside from the fact that they are FORTRAN programmers
>>   and will never change their way.
> 
> I don't know.  I don't imagine Nek is the only fixed-form Fortran still
> in existence.

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