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From: burzio@mmlai.UUCP (Tony Burzio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: port/VX utility on HP-UX
Summary: HP FORTRAN DECisms
Message-ID: <538@mmlai.UUCP>
Date: 22 Apr 89 12:16:58 GMT
References: <852@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <1250032@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Organization: Martin Marietta Labs, Baltimore, MD
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In article <1250032@hpsemc.HP.COM>, markbes@hpsemc.HP.COM (Mark Beswetherick) writes:
> o  Fortran Code Translator (FCT) - converts VMS Fortran extensions
>    to syntax acceptable to HP-UX Fortran.  (note also that many of
>    VMS Fortran extensions are already part of HP-UX Fortran - FCT
>    just deals with the VMS'isms not yet in the compiler).

Does anybody know if HP plans to add the structure/record data types
from DEC FORTRAN?  Many of our programs use this, slowing the porting
of code down.  In addition, several of my users have complained that
FORTRAN does not give a nice stack dump when aborting, like the VAX
does, showing subroutine and line number information.  They just don't
think a core dump is very useful, and I must agree.  Any chances of these
being put in?

I still maintain that the major hinderance to unplugging DEC machines
and putting in HPs is the lack of support for LAT (DEC) terminal
servers and DECnet...

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