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On 12/23/2011 03:31 AM, rusi wrote:
> In Fortran, if the comma in the loop
> DO 10 I = 1,10
> is misspelt as '.' it becomes the assignment
> DO10I = 1.0
> 
> Do you consider it a bug or a feature?
> Does Fortran consider it a bug or feature?

Non sequitor.  Nothing at all to do with the issue at hand.
Furthermore, you are talking about a parser "feature" not a runtime
behavior.