Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (chiba) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: Is this kosher? Message-ID: Date: 31 Jan 91 03:08:06 GMT References: <20785@hydra.gatech.EDU> <2812@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <91030.132436KENCB@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <15512@milton.u.washington.edu> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 64 In-reply-to: whit@milton.u.washington.edu's message of 31 Jan 91 02:39:04 GMT In article <15512@milton.u.washington.edu> whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes: try to keep my VMS FORTRAN code compliant (using FORTRAN/STANDARD is ... Not flagging the TAB use is reasonable (it's easy to edit out, and the number of violations in a long program can be staggering). The IF block entry is not easy to edit out, but would require some rethinking if porting to a new compiler were attempted. The "right" approach is to have a good standards checker. Such are available from several sources. This issue of Fortran Users Journal has a writeup on FORWARN. some names/address Fortran lint IPT 1096 East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, CA 94303, 415-494-7500. 14 day free demos. Very useful, ANSI compliance, VAX extensions, etc. FORWARN Quibus Enterprises: 217 356 8876 available. Not as good, IMHO. Cheaper Flint(tm) Programming Research ltd: FAX (44) 01 336 1151 voice (44) 1 942 9242 Also 8701 Bedford Euless Rd. Suite 520 Hurst TX 76053 USA ph: 817-589-0949, fax: 817-595-4611 FORCHECK Leiden University Box 9604 2300 RC Leiden The Netherlands 31-71-276804 Related tools of interest: FOR_STRUCT Cobolt-Blue 2940 Union Ave Suite C San Jose CA 95124 408 723 0474. This is a "reverse engineering tool" to use the COBOL lingo, viz. makes old code more readable and maintainable. I have not used it myself. SPAG Similar to for_struct. Not a very unixlike interface, but otherwise quite good. US distributor: OTG voice 717 222 9100 fax 717 229 9103 Authors: Polyhedron Software Ltd Magdalen House 98 Abingdon Road Standlake Witney Oxon OX8 7RN Tel 0865 300 579 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keith H. Bierman kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM | khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33 | (415 336 2648) Mountain View, CA 94043