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There has been a few comments, recently, from vendor compiler engineers, complaining that bug reports should be sent to the proper support provided by the vendor, and not to comp-fortran-90. I understand the frustration of the compiler engineers, when hearing of a bug for the first time on a mailing list. However, there is often another side of the story. Most of the time, a dysfunction is not clearly identified as a bug. Users do not always have a copy of the Standard, and even if they do, it is not so easy to understand. I had several cases in the last 2 or 3 years, where it took me some time, and help from the contributors of this list, to decide whether a problem was a compiler bug or not. I even saw one case where different compilers where acting differently, and the old-timer (the vendor that was present on my site for years) would dismiss my bug report, while the new-kid-on-the-block (the company that had just installed a new system on the site) was ready to "correct" its compiler from standard-compliant to old-timer compliant! This list permits developpers to ask the fortran community about unclear issues, get a strong, if not authoritative, opinion, and avoids us the embarassment of submitting a bug report when there is no bug at all. Bertrand MELTZ **************************************** * * * Bertrand Meltz * * CEA / Bruyeres-le Chatel * * BP 12 * * 91680 Bruyeres-le-Chatel * * FRANCE * * * * Tel : (33) [0] 1 69 26 57 83 * * Fax : (33) [0] 1 69 26 70 93 * * * * e_mail : [log in to unmask] * * [log in to unmask] * * * **************************************** %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%