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From: rcg@lpi.liant.com (Rick Gorton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: VMS vs. Unix Fortran
Keywords: VMS Unix Fortran
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.170224.20411@lpi.liant.com>
Date: 27 Feb 91 17:02:24 GMT
References: <592@siswat.UUCP>
Organization: Language Processors Inc., Framingham MA
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In article <592@siswat.UUCP> buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) writes:
>His friends tell him that switching from VMS
>Fortran to any Unix Fortran cuts productivity in half for Fortran
>development, so he is leaning heavily toward purchasing a VAXstation
>instead of a fast, cheap Unix box.
>
>Is there really no acceptable Fortran development environment
>under Unix?  Are the Unix Fortran debuggers that bad?  If anyone
>has any first hand experience, I would really appreciate hearing
>about your opinions.
>
>Thanks alot,
>
>A. Lester Buck    buck@siswat.lonestar.org  ...!uhnix1!lobster!siswat!buck

Do your friends friends work for the company that makes VAXen?	:-)
Do they use VMS on a daily basis, or do they actually use UNIX?

There are lots of choices for UNIX FORTRANs depending on the platform
he gets.  If there are a lot of VAX dependencies in his code,
then any UNIX compiler he buys will need to support VAX extensions.
There are numerous compiler vendors selling UNIX products, so your
friend can pick and choose.

I would like to think that our FORTRAN compiler and CodeWatch debugger
are an excellent choice for your friend, but please note that
I work on our SPARC code generator, so my focus is on the correctness
and performance of the FORTRAN code rather than on the development
environment/productivity issues.

I think your friend will be pleasantly surprised at the number of
choices available if he spends some time shopping around.


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Richard Gorton               rcg@lpi.liant.com  (508) 626-0006
Language Processors, Inc.    Framingham, MA 01760
Hey!  This is MY opinion.  Opinions have little to do with corporate policy.