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From: axt654@csc.anu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: The worst compiler in the whole wide world
Message-ID: <2330.26922b0b@csc.anu.oz>
Date: 4 Jul 90 17:44:42 GMT
References: <16430@windy.dsir.govt.nz>
Organization: Computer Services, Australian National University
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In article <16430@windy.dsir.govt.nz>, SRWMSPW@windy.dsir.govt.nz writes:
> 
> 	Whats the worst fortran compiler in the whole wide world?
> 
> 	ANSWER: THE DEC F77 ULTRIX RISC COMPILER
> 
> 	In 20 years of scientific computing i have experienced some 
> bad ones (IBM H extended springs to mind) but never never anything this bad.
> 
> Does anybody know if later versions (we seem to be stuck with 1.0) solve
> any of the many problems.


So what's wrong with it?
I'm using it on a DECStation 3100 and it works fine, some minor bugs
but nothing major.