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From: blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Fortran on A/UX?
Keywords: Fortran, Compilers, Languages
Message-ID: <45975@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 25 Oct 90 14:46:33 GMT
References: <2724AC23.12392@orion.oac.uci.edu> <45927@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Oct24.151919.22185@panix.uucp>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen) writes:

>In article <45927@apple.Apple.COM> blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel) writes:
>>rprohask@orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Prohaska) writes:
>>>Does Apple provide a Fortran compiler as part of the A/UX 
>>>distribution?  If so, is it any good?
>>
>>Yes, we provide f77(1).  It's as good as it ever was. :-)

>Not true, as I understand it. It's much better than it was. In 1.1, I
>think, it didn't work. Now it does.

Actually, someone in the A/UX group sent me the following message:

]Actually, our F77 is better than it ever was! We fixed all the bugs,
]ran it thru a test suite, and added the Vax F77 extensions!!!! So
]there!

So I guess the answer is "It's even better than it ever was."  :-)

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"