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diff --git a/development/ftnchek/README b/development/ftnchek/README index 8795b98236c1..a5b2be5cfa1d 100644 --- a/development/ftnchek/README +++ b/development/ftnchek/README @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ -ftnchek (short for Fortran checker) is designed to detect certain -errors in a Fortran program that a compiler usually does not. ftnchek -is not primarily intended to detect syntax errors. Its purpose is to -assist the user in finding semantic errors. Semantic errors are legal -in the Fortran language but are wasteful or may cause incorrect opera- -tion. +ftnchek (a static analyzer for Fortran 77 programs) + +ftnchek (short for Fortran checker) is designed to detect certain errors +in a Fortran program that a compiler usually does not. + +ftnchek is not primarily intended to detect syntax errors. Its purpose is +to assist the user in finding semantic errors. Semantic errors are legal +in the Fortran language but are wasteful or may cause incorrect operation. |