Confusing double precision real in Fortran
Personally I now write use, intrinsic :: iso_fortran_env which includes parameters such as int32,real64 which have the obvious meanings, and can be used like this: real(real64) :: a_64_bit_real_scalar Note that kind=8 is not guaranteed, by the standard, to deliver an 8-byte kind. The values that kind parameters take are not standardised and do vary from … Read more