Re: whole number constants

On 2008-07-21, Richard Maine <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> There is no such thing as a distinction between a "truly
> constant" value and any other constant. A constant is a constant.

This doesn't have any direct bearing on the subject, but I couldn't
resist :-)

From a Xerox Fortran manual:

# The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants;
# instead of referring to PI as 3.141592653589797, at every appearance,
# the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement, and
# used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies
# modifying the program, should the value of PI change.