Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!convex!psmith From: psmith@convex.com (Presley Smith) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: F90 compiler from NAG Message-ID: <1991Jun24.005145.865@convex.com> Date: 24 Jun 91 00:51:45 GMT References: <1991Jun21.214012.5405@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> Sender: usenet@convex.com (news access account) Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: mozart.convex.com In article <1991Jun21.214012.5405@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes: >In article >maine@altair.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) writes: >>I've been anxiously awaiting the latest issue of the Fortran Journal >>ever since Walt Brainerd posted a message here saying that it included >>an announcement of the first full F90 compiler. >[...] >>The compiler is from NAG (Numerical Analysis Group) from the UK. >[...] >>It "compiles" the full language F90 into C. > > I was quite eager to get my hands on the latest issue of the >Fortran Journal for the same reason. Am I the only one who felt a >little disappointed with this "compiler"? While I don't doubt that this >product has its uses, I don't think I'd call it a compiler; it's a >translator. There is a standard definition available from ANSI as to what is a "compiler" and what is a "translator." The best way to sort out what to call the NAG product is for someone to find a copy of that document and put those definitions on the net. I looked, but sadly cannot find my copy. Maybe someone else can and would post a response? Thanks. Presley Smith psmith@convex.com