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The Sun FORTRAN compiler appends an underscore character to all external names that it generates. This applies to the names of subroutines, functions, labelled common blocks and block data subprograms.



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CNF and F77 Mixed Language Programming -- FORTRAN and C
Starlink User Note 209
P.M. Allan
A.J. Chipperfield
R.F. Warren-Smith
19 January 2000
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk