Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ean.ubc.ca!hedley%wnre.aecl.CDN From: hedley%wnre.aecl.CDN@ean.ubc.ca (Bruce Hedley) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: lint for VMS (Att: Joe Barone) Message-ID: <90*hedley@wnre.aecl.cdn> Date: 30 May 88 19:34:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 41 The following was mailed directly to {a.k.a. Joe Barone, Raytheon Inc., Portsmouth} this A.M. but was returned with an 'illegal address' error, hence I post to the net: ==================================================== Message inbox:2 - Sent From: Bruce Hedley To: Subject: Lint for VMS I saw your 'flame' regarding IPT this A.M. and, as I mentioned to Robert Drabek { } I'm just amazed. We bought FORTRAN-lint from the same guys a year ago and couldn't be happier. Our experience has been that: a) the package works as advertised b) any comments which we gave to sales staff seemed to be passed on to technical staff, as some of the requested features appeared in later code releases c) remote support via the telephone was very good Most likely the FORTRAN-lint product was developed by a separate group than the lint-PLUS, and perhaps it is really a lemon. At any rate, I know that this doesn't solve the shortcomings in lint-PLUS which you encountered, but I just wanted to comment on our experience with IPT. Oh, B.T.W., the FORTRAN-lint tool was reviewed recently in, I believe, "Digital Review", and given generally pretty good marks. I can't recall the issue exactly (since I'm only on a circulation list) but I think it was early April. Cheers Bruce hedley Thermalhydraulics Branch Atomic Energy of CANADA Limited Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment Pinawa,Manitoba, CANADA (204)-753-2311 X 2700