Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!tkou02.enet.dec.com!wpowz.enet.dec.com!zambotti
From: zambotti@wpowz.enet.dec.com (Walter Zambotti DEC)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: fort vs f77
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.014705.10806@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 01:47:05 GMT
References: <1991May31.125919.18765@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <91154.093431STRCC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Sender: usenet@tkou02.enet.dec.com (USENET News System)
Reply-To: zambotti@wpowz.enet.dec.com (Walter Zambotti DEC)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Lines: 12


>Fort was written by MIPS for DEC.  F77 was written by DEC is far
>faster and has better diagnostics. Version 3.0 is now available.

Its the other way around.  The F77 compiler is the original fortran
compiler distributed by DEC for ULTRIX developed by MIPS.   It had a few
changes made to for ULTRIX and VAX compatibility.  

The new fort compiler is the latest offering from DEC and is the
compiler which is used to generate the new higher spec mark rating.

Walter