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From: paul@cybavax.UUCP (Paul Middlehurst)
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Subject: Faster Fortran
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 17:03:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 29 17:03:12 1985
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I apologise if this has already been disussed in depth.

We are running 4.2BSD UNIX on a VAX 11/750 and need a fast, reliable Fortran
compiler. We have already reinstalled the old 4.1 compiler but even that
crawls compared to a (dare I say it ) VMS kit not a million miles away from us.

As far as our present setup is concerned heavy numerical work is a complete
non-starter. Can anybody give me information about

	a)	faster fortran under 4.2;
	b)	use of floating-point accelerators under VAX/4.2.

performance figures are especially welcome. Yours in anticipation

	Paul Middlehurst	( ... {UK}!ukc!reading!cybavax!paul )