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Statements, Comments, and Lines

(Corresponds to Section 2.3 of ANSI X3.9-1978 FORTRAN 77.)

Use of an exclamation point (!) to begin a trailing comment (a comment that extends to the end of the same source line) is permitted under the following conditions:

Use of a semicolon (;) as a statement separator is permitted under the following conditions: