Mixed Fixed and Free Comments and Continuation Syntax

I am using Intel Visual Fortran 64 Compiler XE, Version 12.0.4.196 Build 20110427 from a Windows 7 command line.



Here is some example code I am trying to compile:

 

        PROGRAM HELLO

!       This is a comment
C       This is also a comment
c       This is also a comment

        PRINT *,"Hello, world."  ! An inline comment

        PRINT *, &"This is the new continuation type."

        PRINT *,
     &          "This is the old continuation type."

        END PROGRAM HELLO

I have a very large code base with mixed fixed and free syntax in both comments and continuation syntax.  A co-worker is using a different Intel compiler (Version 11.1 Build 20100401 in Linux), and is able this mixed syntax without a problem, but I cannot.



I have found that if I use the /free option, I get syntax errors on both the comments that do not start with "!" and the old continuation syntax.  If I use the /fixed option, it seems to be OK with both old and new comment types, but chokes on the F90 continuation syntax, with the "&" at the end of the line to continue.  



Any advice on how I can get this code to compile without changing it?  We're talking tens of thousands of lines of legacy code, so I'm trying to avoid that.



Thanks,

J