4.2.38 ‘-n\’: Free-form syntax continued by backslash

In FORTRAN–90, this turns on free-form syntax and sets the continuation character to be the backslash (as it would be in C). For example,

-n9[-n\]
@
@a
program main
x = \
 y
end

In the tangled output the backslash is converted into FORTRAN-90’s standard continuation character, the ampersand.

See also -n&.