https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89077
--- Comment #8 from Harald Anlauf <anlauf at gmx dot de> --- OK, here's another one for fun: program pr89077_4 implicit none character(*), parameter :: s = 7HForward print *, '#', s, '#', len (s) end program pr89077_4 prints: #Forward # 8 This time it is really padded with a space which comes out of the blue. Oracle sunf95 prints: #Forward# 7 Intel rejects it.