ftnchek: ftnchek (a static analyzer for Fortran 77 programs) ftnchek: ftnchek: ftnchek (short for Fortran checker) is designed to detect certain ftnchek: errors in a Fortran program that a compiler usually does not. ftnchek: ftnchek: ftnchek is not primarily intended to detect syntax errors. Its ftnchek: purpose is to assist the user in finding semantic errors. Semantic ftnchek: errors are legal in the Fortran language but are wasteful or may ftnchek: cause incorrect operation. ftnchek: ftnchek: