Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!samsung!crackers!m2c!wpi.WPI.EDU!wpi!fay From: fay@rugsucker.WPI.EDU (Peter R Fay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore Subject: Re: Extended parallel fortran Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 15:14:58 GMT References: <1991Apr16.084210.5882@newcastle.ac.uk> Sender: news@wpi.WPI.EDU (News) Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280 Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: C.R.Ritson@newcastle.ac.uk's message of 16 Apr 91 08: 42:10 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: rugsucker.wpi.edu On 16 Apr 91 08:42:10 GMT, C.R.Ritson@newcastle.ac.uk (C.R. Ritson) said: Ritson> Sender: news@newcastle.ac.uk Ritson> We are using the Encore Parallel Fortran compiler on a Ritson> multimax running Umax4.3. Does anyone else do the same, what Ritson> do you think of the compiler? We have one or two problems, Ritson> and Encore seem reluctant to address them. Ritson> The compiler announces itself as "EPF release: 01.00.r001" I have used it upon occasion with some large fortran packages we have here (MOPAC for one). It was non-functional. There were so many problems it wasn't worth going through the effort of debugging the epf problems - especially since all our other compilers on other machines (even parallel fortrans) compiled it with no trouble. Since epf 1.00 was released so long ago (three years), I inquired about updates and was assured there never was and would never be any other 32000 release. I was told Encore is working on the 88K fortran only. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Peter Fay College Computing Center ~ ~ (fay@wpi.wpi.edu) Worcester Polytechnic Institute ~ ~ (508)831-5725 100 Institute Road ~ ~ Worcester, MA 01609 ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~