Missing period in FORMAT specifications - The GNU Fortran Compiler
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#### 6.1.6 Missing period in `FORMAT` specifications

To support legacy codes, GNU Fortran allows missing periods in format specifications if and only if `-std=legacy` is given on the command line. This is considered non-conforming code and is discouraged.

                REAL :: value
                READ(*,10) value
         10     FORMAT ('F4')