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From: fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair)
Newsgroups: net.lang.f77,net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: F77 compiler for the 68K
Message-ID: <379@dual.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Mar-84 04:47:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 23 04:47:35 1984
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SVS most assuredly does NOT deal with end users. They don't even deal
with second level OEM's! DUAL sells SVS Fortran and Pascal, and we get
them both through UniSoft. The few times we have attempted to gain
satisfaction directly, we have been told to go through UniSoft. Period.

The main problem that I have had when trying to answer customer
questions about SVS Fortran is that while SVS believes in the 68000,
they do not believe in UNIX. By this I mean that using UNIX system
calls and subroutines is not as easy as it is from C. The SVS compilers
are probably just perfect for the SAGE, which also does not believe in
UNIX...

Disclaimer: The last time I touched Fortran was a UCB, four years ago,
in Computer Science 1, using CDC Fortran IV on a 6400.

Second Disclaimer: Opinions held, expressed, and disclaimed are soley
my own, and are not to be construed as anyone else's good idea.

	Erik E. Fair

	dual!fair@Berkeley.ARPA
	{ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!fair
	Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, California