[Mitgcm-support] Re: package ptracer does not compile on SunOS

[mitgcm-support at dev.mitgcm.org]

Actually, there's another one, too:

ptracers_gterm_blocking_exchanges.F

In my own copy I renamed these files to
ptracer_gterm_exchanges.F
ptracer_fields_exchanges.F


Martin

support at mitgcm.org wrote:
> It looks like we may have to rename the routine! We'll look into it further
> but there doesn't seem to be a compiler option to deal with this 31
> character limit.
> 
> More later,
> 
> A.
> 
> A quote from a google-groups search about the error message:
> 
>>>Why 31, I am curious:
>>
>>I am perfectly happy with the choice of 31:
>>- It is the number of characters in the longest word of my native
>>  language (at least, the longest word in my crossword puzzle dictionary).
>>- It is the maximum number of days in a calendar month, even for leap
> 
> years.
> 
>>- It is an easy number to remember: 13 reversed, and 13, of course, is the
>>  difference between 77 and 90.
>>- It is a prime number, and I like primes.
>>
>>Why should I want another value ?
> 
> 
> 


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