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From: pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: 4.3BSD f77: any way to handle "DEC Extensions"?
Message-ID: <356@hscfvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 22:18:40 EST
Article-I.D.: hscfvax.356
Posted: Wed Mar 25 22:18:40 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Mar-87 06:33:15 EST
References: <1291@uwmacc.UUCP>
Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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Keywords: DEC, VMS Fortran, f77

In article <1291@uwmacc.UUCP>, jwp@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) writes:
> I inherited a fortran program from a VAX/VMS environment,
> and it relies on "extensions" to fortran supported by
> the VMS fortran compiler.....
> It is too big to attempt to smoothe out the irregularities.
> Do I have any alternatives?
> We have an Ultrix 32m v1.2 system too, but DEC went with the
> ANSI f77 in that environment, oddly enough, ensuring a lack
> of portability between their products.
> -- 
  As other people will tell you, DEC has ported VMS Fortran to Ultrix; calls
  it "VAX Fortran" (since VMS is the only "real" VAX environment, I suppose..).
  You have to order/pay for it separately.  Be forwarned though: it isn't
  entirely compatible either.

       greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny