I have a few old programs that do this - it is legal in f77 and actually has a special name that I cannot recall at the moment. Absoft likes and runs it correctly.
[dir:~/tests/gfortran] dir% f77 -o jump jump.f FORTRAN 77 Compiler 8.0a, Copyright (c) 1987-2003, Absoft Corp. [dir:~/tests/gfortran] dir% jump hi hi [dir:~/tests/gfortran] dir% gfortran -o jump jump.f In file jump.f:4 10 continue 1 In file jump.f:9 2 Error: Label at (1) is not in the same block as the GOTO statement at (2) [dir:~/tests/gfortran] dir% cat jump.f program main do 20 i=1,2 go to 30 10 continue 20 continue stop 30 continue write(*,*) 'hi' goto 10 end -- Summary: gfortran - flags error on strange, but correct f77 program Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dir at lanl dot gov CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC host triplet: powerpc-apple-darwin7.8.0 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20224