Question arose: Do we (did we intent to) allow this in the interop TS: IMPLICIT TYPE(*) (A) as long as the only variables starting with the letter A are dummy arguments? Cheers, Bill -- Bill Long longb at cray.com Fortran Technical Support & voice: 651-605-9024 Bioinformatics Software Development fax: 651-605-9142 Cray Inc./Cray Plaza, Suite 210/380 Jackson St./St. Paul, MN 55101