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From: lilian@mips.COM (Lilian Leung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.mips
Subject: Re: f77 compiler on DS3100 is missing falloc(), malloc(), free()
Summary: MIPS FORTRAN 1.31 does not support falloc(), malloc() and free()
Message-ID: <29313@gumby.mips.COM>
Date: 11 Oct 89 22:13:18 GMT
References: <3318@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
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In article <3318@mace.cc.purdue.edu>, ajt@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Andy Thomas) writes:
> 
>   I have a DEC Station 3100.  It seems that the f77 libraries are missing
> the falloc, malloc, and free routines.  They are in the printed manual,
> and the online ("man") documentation, but are not actually in the libraries.
> Does anybody know why these routines are missing?  Are they going to be
> included in a future release?  Any suggestions on how make my own routines?
> The DS3100 is running Ultrix Workstation 2.0 and the compiler says (f77 -V)
> that it is MIPS 1.31.  Thanks.
> 
> Andy Thomas
> ajt@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu
> ajt@mace.cc.purdue.edu

I am not sure about DEC's FORTRAN manual and its "man" doc., but Mips' 1.31
FORTRAN manual and "man" page have NO references of falloc(), malloc() and
free() at all.  Mips' 1.31 FORTRAN compiler does not support POINTER type, so
there was no need for us to support those routines.  Mips' 2.0 FORTRAN
compiler, on the other hand, supports POINTER type, so it also supports
the routines malloc() and free().  If you really want to use those routines,
I suggest writing the routines in C and have FORTRAN interfaced with them.




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