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From: shair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: AIX vs standard unix
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.055526.13628@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 91 05:55:26 GMT
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karish@mindcraft.com (Chuck Karish) writes:


>Because xlf is NOT f77.  It is a completely different compiler.
>The BSD documentation describing f77 does not apply to xlf.  The
>BSD manuals describing their FORTRAN support libraries do not apply
>to xlf.  This is called `truth in labeling'.

My recommended solution is to add the following statement as
as /usr/bin/f77.
  echo "On this system the FORTRAN compiler is named 'xlf'."

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Bob Shair                          shair@chgvmic1.vnet.ibm.com
Scientific Computing Specialist    SHAIR@UIUCVMD (bitnet)
IBM Champaign