VMS Help FORTRAN, Error Messages, Compilation Errors, EXTDATORD  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  SEVERITY:  I

  MESSAGE TEXT:  Extension to FORTRAN-77:  DATA statement out of
  order

  EXPLANATION:  A DATA statement occurred before a declaration
  statement.  All DATA statements must occur after the declaration
  section of a program.