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From: t19@nikhefh.UUCP (Geert J v Oldenborgh)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Why Does MS Fortran Compiler Need So Many %*&^%!! Floppies?
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Date: Fri, 31-Jul-87 06:32:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 31 06:32:48 1987
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> (long story about FORTRAN being complex, optimising needed, debugger
> support, complete jobs ...)

I only own an Atari ST, but the Absoft FORTRAN compiler on it is 128K and
compiles at about 2000 lines/minute (from RAMdisk).  It is a full 
implementation, includes a symbolic debugger and produces reasonable code.
In fact, I type this over a modem as I work much faster at home than on our
mainframe...