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From: sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Fortran for MS Windows 3.0?
Keywords: Fortran, windows
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.205644.12293@beach.csulb.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 90 20:56:44 GMT
References: <4784@gara.une.oz.au> <1553@ftc.framentec.fr>
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
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In article <1553@ftc.framentec.fr> ndoduc@framentec.fr (Nhuan Doduc) writes:
>In <4784@gara.une.oz.au> mcarrick@gara.une.oz.au ( ANSC) writes:
>>Can anyone help us with some recommendations for Fortran for MS
>>Windows 3.0? Also comments on the relative virtues of Lahey and 
>>Watfor would be helpful
>
   ... deleted ...
>
>About Fortran for MSWindows: (I'm afraid that I'm erring here!) only MS C 
>versions 5.1 and 6 have Windows flags and MS Fortran 5.x doesn't yet have
>those switchs. I know of no other fortran that has those : c'est le dernier
>de mes souhaits !

   But MS Fortran can be linked with MS C by using interface statements
(yes this is non-standard, but so is Windows). Does this solve the needs
for switches or is it a main program issue ? (excude ignorance please)

>
>PS: I wonder whether MS Fortran version >= 6 will have dos-extended mode ?

  I wonder if anyone at MS is even doing anything about Fortran or just
waiting for ANSI 90 version to make it worthwhile. I have my doubts about
dos-extended because MS has a strong not-invented/controlled here prejudice
and donnt expect major dos-dependent changes until dos 5.0 released and
the DPMI spec is more formalized and complete.