/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb FORTRAN, /CONTINUATIONS  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  /CONTINUATIONS=n           D=19  (Obsolete, see below)

  Specifies the number of continuation lines allowed in a source
  program statement, where n is a decimal integer in the range
  19 through 99.

  If the /DML qualifier is not also specified, /CONTINUATIONS is
  obsolete and is ignored.  The compiler will accept statements
  with at least 99 continuation lines by default.  If
  /STANDARD=SYNTAX is also in effect, a diagnostic will be issued
  if more than 19 continuation lines are seen.

  If the /DML qualifier is specified, indicating that the Fortran
  Data Manipulation Language (FDML) preprocessor, a component of the
  Oracle DBMS product, is to be used to process the source, /CONTINUATIONS
  must be specified if a source program contains statements with more
  than 19 continuation lines.  This qualifier is still used by FDML.