https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66643
--- Comment #1 from Gerhard Steinmetz <gerhard.steinmetz.fort...@t-online.de> --- Minimalistic code : $ cat z_write_none.f90 program p write (*) end $ gfortran -g -O0 -Wall -fcheck=all z_write_none.f90 $ a.out At line 2 of file z_write_none.f90 (unit = 6, file = 'stdout') Fortran runtime error: Missing format for FORMATTED data transfer --- As already known, correct code might look like : $ cat z_write_fmt_ok.f90 program p write (*, *) 1 print *, 'a' print * end