[QE-users] Why some of the keys used by input file start with &, some not?

[Lorenzo Paulatto]

They are fortran namelists, estabilished 1977

regards


On 4/17/20 8:50 AM, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just as the keywords list for the input file give here:
> 
> https://www.quantum-espresso.org/Doc/INPUT_PW.html
> 
> Some of them start with &, some not.  Why designed them in this quirky way?
> I really cannot figure it out, any hints?
> 
> Regards
> 

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Lorenzo Paulatto - Paris