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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: cheap FORTRAN compilers
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Date: 11 Dec 88 15:11:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Dec 11 09:11:00 1988



>I would *strongly* recommend avoiding MicroSloth Fortrash at all
>costs.  Use Turbo C instead.  An unbelievably bad compiler, from
>version 1 to version 4.

True for versions 1 through 3.x, a slight exaggeration for 4.0,
but 4.1 is really quite nice indeed. They finally got it right.
Its no longer to be avoided.