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Subject: Re: Fortran for the NeXT
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Date: 13 Oct 90 07:27:42 GMT
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In article <28043@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, alvin@spot.Colorado.EDU (ALVIN KENNETH F) writes...
 
>Is there a public domain version of fortran (ala unix f77) available
>for the NeXT system?  If not, is there a reasonably-priced commercial
>alternative (affordable to a student)?  Thanks.
> 

I understand that f2c is a very reasonable PD fortran->c converter, and can
handle quite complicated and long subroutines, although it does occasionally
choke and although it requires strict column adherence.

Absoft produces a Fortran compiler, but I don't think you would consider it
reasonably priced for a student (i.e. $500-$1,000). There may be other PD
compilers, say for Sun, that you may convert easily (even binary! atom can
convert many Sun programs directly to the NeXT). I also know that one
person is currently writing a Fortran frontend for the gnu compiler system that
will be a full publicly available Fortran. However, this may take some time,
since it'll be a free program and they presumably have to work for a living.

/ivo welch	ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu