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From: argosy!ian@decwrl.dec.com (Ian L. Kaplan)
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: CM Fortran
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Date: 21 Dec 90 15:14:57 GMT
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In article <12324@hubcap.clemson.edu> john%ghostwheel.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (John Prentice) writes:
> On the CM2, the Fortran compiler
>detects parallelism by the use of Fortran Extended array syntax which
>is somewhat "automatic" I suppose (except that you have to put in this
>syntax specifically for the CM2, nobody else uses it.  When Fortran Extended
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>gets out, that will be another matter).
>
  The statement that CM Fortran is a dialect that no one else uses is
untrue.  MasPar Computer Corp uses the same dialect of Fortran.  The
array language extensions in CM and MasPar Fortran are taken from the
Fortran 90 standard.  This is currently an adopted ISO standard and
will (I hope) soon be an ANSI standard.  Alliant has supported a
version of the array language for a number of years.  I have also
heard that Cray will be bringing out a Fortran compiler with Fortan 90
extensions.  Computer vendors and industry coding practive usually
leads the standard.  People are not waiting for "Fortran Extended" to
be adopted before they use it.

                        Ian Kaplan
			ian@maspar.com
			argosy!ian@decwrl.dec.com
			
These words are mine, not MasPar's.