write binary

Hello all,

I am wondering if the following fortran and NCL commands are equivalant.

Fortran:
open(nfic,file=ficodem,form='unformatted')
write(nfic)float(year),float(month),float(day),1.,0.
write(nfic)((v(jlo,ila),jlo=nlod,nlof),ila=nlad,nlaf)

NCL:
dateF = (/year,month,day,1.,0./)
fbindirwrite(outpath, dateF )
fbindirwrite(outpath, v({nlod:nlof},{nlad:nlaf}))

But, both the outputs show different file sizes!
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
prince

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