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 ===== Peculiarities ===== ===== Peculiarities =====
  
 +==== CPU/Elapsed time report on program termination ====
 +
 +The FORTRAN compiler adds a report on CPU and elapsed time used by the program that prints at the end of every program run, like:
 +
 +  CPU time 0.08 Elapsed time 0.09
 +
 +This message can be suppressed by adding the following line to your program source:
 +
 +        CALL QUIETX
 +
 +==== DATE subroutine bug ====
 +
 +Although the TOPS-20 operating system as a whole survived the Y2K crisis, the FORTRAN DATE subroutine did not fare as well.
 +
 +DATE is supposed to return a ten-character string representing the current system date with the format:
 +
 +''dd-mmm-yyb''
 +
 +Where:
 +
 +| ''dd'' | Day of month (leading zero converted to blank) |
 +| ''mmm'' | Three-character abbreviation of month ("Jan", "Feb", ...) |
 +| ''yy'' | Last two digits of year |
 +| ''b'' | blank character |
 +
 +However, since the year 2000, the DATE has set the ''yyb'' portion of the returned date to the //first three// digits of the current year, giving the same value for all years of a given decade. For example, for every year between 2010 and 2019, DATE returned "201" in the ''yyb'' portion of the date string.
 +
 +This renders the year portion of DATE's output useless for most purposes. A work-around is to program a date subroutine in another language that correctly processes the TOPS-20 system date (such as MACRO assembly language) and call that subroutine from your FORTRAN program instead of the FORTRAN DATE subroutine.
  
 ==== Input/Output Devices ==== ==== Input/Output Devices ====
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 FORTRAN uses logical device numbers for transmitting data to and from various input and output devices. In FORTRAN-20, some of these logical unit numbers were assigned to specific equipment that was common in the computer rooms of the 1970s and '80s but are not available in TWENEX.ORG's simulated PDP-10 environment. FORTRAN uses logical device numbers for transmitting data to and from various input and output devices. In FORTRAN-20, some of these logical unit numbers were assigned to specific equipment that was common in the computer rooms of the 1970s and '80s but are not available in TWENEX.ORG's simulated PDP-10 environment.
  
-When you are coding input/output statements, be sure to use a logical unit number that is both valid and is associated with a device that is available on TWENEX.ORG.+When you are coding input/output statements, be sure to use a logical unit that is both valid and is associated with a device that is available on TWENEX.ORG.
  
 The default logical unit (specified by "*" on READ and WRITE statements) varies according to the input/output statement: The default logical unit (specified by "*" on READ and WRITE statements) varies according to the input/output statement:
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 Below is a list of FORTRAN-20 logical unit assignments. For file input or output, you may use any of the units assigned to disk (0, 1, 20-24, 30-99). If you do not specify a file name when you open the logical unit, FORTRAN-20 will use the default file name (in your currently connected directory) corresponding to the unit you are opening as shown in the table. Below is a list of FORTRAN-20 logical unit assignments. For file input or output, you may use any of the units assigned to disk (0, 1, 20-24, 30-99). If you do not specify a file name when you open the logical unit, FORTRAN-20 will use the default file name (in your currently connected directory) corresponding to the unit you are opening as shown in the table.
  
-^  Unit  ^Device^Default filename^Usage^ +^  Unit  ^Device^Default filename^Usage^  Available  ^ 
-|  0  |DSK|FOR00.DAT|Disk| +|  0  |DSK|FOR00.DAT|Disk|  YES  | 
-|  1  |DSK|FOR01.DAT|Disk| +|  1  |DSK|FOR01.DAT|Disk|  YES  | 
-|  2  |CDR|FOR02.DAT|Card reader| +|  2  |CDR|FOR02.DAT|Card reader|  NO  | 
-|  3  |LPT|FOR03.DAT|Line printer| +|  3  |LPT|FOR03.DAT|Line printer|  NO  | 
-|  4  |CTY|FOR04.DAT|Console teletype| +|  4  |CTY|FOR04.DAT|Console teletype|  NO  | 
-|  5  |TTY|FOR05.DAT|User teletype| +|  5  |TTY|FOR05.DAT|User teletype|  YES  | 
-|  6  |PTR|FOR06.DAT|Paper tape reader| +|  6  |PTR|FOR06.DAT|Paper tape reader|  NO  | 
-|  7  |PTP|FOR07.DAT|Paper tape punch| +|  7  |PTP|FOR07.DAT|Paper tape punch|  NO  | 
-|  8  |DIS|FOR08.DAT|Display| +|  8  |DIS|FOR08.DAT|Display|  NO  | 
-|  9  |DTA1|FOR09.DAT|DECtape| +|  9  |DTA1|FOR09.DAT|DECtape|  NO  | 
-|  10-15  |DTA2-7|FOR10 - 15.DAT|  "  | +|  10-15  |DTA2-7|FOR10 - 15.DAT|  "  |  NO  | 
-|  16-18  |MTA0-2|FOR16 - 18.DAT|Magnetic tape| +|  16-18  |MTA0-2|FOR16 - 18.DAT|Magnetic tape|  NO  | 
-|  19  |FORTR|FOR19.DAT|Assignable device| +|  19  |FORTR|FOR19.DAT|Assignable device|  NO  | 
-|  20-24  |DSK|FOR20 - 24.DAT|Disk| +|  20-24  |DSK|FOR20 - 24.DAT|Disk|  YES  | 
-|  25-29  |DEV1-5|FOR25 - 29.DAT|Assignable devices| +|  25-29  |DEV1-5|FOR25 - 29.DAT|Assignable devices|  NO  | 
-|  30-99  |DSK|FOR30 - 99.DAT|Disk|+|  30-99  |DSK|FOR30 - 99.DAT|Disk|  YES  |
    
 ===== Extensions and additions ===== ===== Extensions and additions =====
  
 This section introduces potentially useful features that are unique to FORTRAN-20 and not included in the FORTRAN-77 standard. This section introduces potentially useful features that are unique to FORTRAN-20 and not included in the FORTRAN-77 standard.
 +
 +//(More to come: structured programming statements, in-line comments, ...)//
 +
 ===== FORTRAN overview ===== ===== FORTRAN overview =====
  
 This section gives an brief overview of the FORTRAN-77 programming language for programmers with at least some experience with one or more other programming languages. It is not intended to be a comprehensive description or tutorial. Readers desiring a more complete introduction to FORTRAN are recommended to read the //Fortran 77 Tutorial// linked in the References section below.  This section gives an brief overview of the FORTRAN-77 programming language for programmers with at least some experience with one or more other programming languages. It is not intended to be a comprehensive description or tutorial. Readers desiring a more complete introduction to FORTRAN are recommended to read the //Fortran 77 Tutorial// linked in the References section below. 
 +
 +//(More to come: FORTRAN-77 cheat sheet, idiosyncracies (line layout, ...).)//
  
 ===== Hello World ===== ===== Hello World =====
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