In article <693 at bobkat.UUCP> m5d at bobkat.UUCP (Mike McNally (dlsh)) writes: >In article <4775 at brl-adm.ARPA> rbbb at rice.edu (David Chase) writes: >> >>In fortran, parentheses must be honored. ... > >Is this really true? I didn't know it if it is. Yes it is. See ANSI X3.9-1978 Sect 6.6.3 "Integrity of Parentheses"