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From: shum!shaig@jade.berkeley.edu (Shai Guday)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Fortran on Sun Workstations
Keywords: Miscellaneous
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Date: 16 Mar 90 14:20:54 GMT
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In article <5687@brazos.Rice.edu> randy@chaos.unr.edu (Randy F. Hall) writes:
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%We are thinking about buying some sun workstations. Our group is a bunch
%of physical chemists. Our main computer need is number crunching.  I heard
%a rumor that there was some serious problems with the fortran compiler for
%sun workstations?  Can anyone verify or unverify this rumor?

While I am not sure about the wisdom of purchasing a sun workstation for
number crunching needs, I have had a bit of experience in compiling
fortran applications on suns. I have compiled fidap, a package of approx.
15MB code with very little tweaking, dependent upon the exact
configuration of the site. Till date, I have not come across any problem
that could not be solved easily and quickly.