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From: mfisher@msd.gatech.edu (Mark D. Fisher)
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Subject: Re: Fortran 1.3 -- is it being fixed?
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In article <9790@brazos.Rice.edu> dbd@theory.bchs.uh.edu (Dan Davison) writes:
>
>Has anyone heard officially about Fortran 1.3 patches or a new release?
>Fortran 1.2 doesn't run under 4.1, and 1.3 doesn't run under SOS 4.0.3.
>There are problems with some library routines in each case, and I sort of
>remember a floating point problem too, but I don't recall which OS &
>Fortran release were involved.

I have a FAX of a note alledgedly sent by someone at sun to someone at our
computer center that appears to be a fairly official list of bugs.  (But I
cant guarentee it)

bugid's:

1039296 Direct access write truncates file
1038215 I/O using implied do-loops transfer extra elements
1036302 File partition full return status

Appearently these will be fixed in 1.3.1 to be released mid-July.  Until
then the memo suggests using 1.2 . . .However: 1.2 does not perform
formatted writes corectly on 4.1 (OS) so the note suggests that 4.1 (OS)
users who wish to use Fortran 1.2 do the following: get the file
func_decim.o from libc on any 4.0.3 system ar x /usr/lib/libc.a
func_decim.o and then to compile any fortran program: f77 *.f func_decim.o

Hope this info helps,

Mark D. Fisher                           mfisher@msd.gatech.edu
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