I mean, I don't understand how the compiler got out the door if passing an integer to a subroutine caused inexplicable disasters. It seems like ChuckMcM is sayi

I mean, I don't understand how the compiler got out the door if passing an integer to a subroutine caused inexplicable disasters. It seems like ChuckMcM is saying the equivalent of int increment(int x) { x = x + 1; return x; } int y = increment(2); Would blow up your program's concept of 2, and I can't imagine that being missed before sending it out to users. But I've never used Fortran, so I may be seeing false equivalences to structures and practices in modern languages.