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Parameter Limit On MPE V the number of parameters that may be passed from one program unit to another is limited to 63. (This is true for all languages on MPE V.) However, HP FORTRAN 77/V passes two parameters for every argument that is a character variable: one parameter is the length and the other is a pointer to the beginning of the variable. Therefore, when converting FORTRAN 66/V programs having long parameter lists in which some parameters are character variables, the converted program may exceed the 63 parameter limit. To reduce the parameter number, move some parameters into common.