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From: raw@math.arizona.edu (Rich Walters)
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Subject: Re: Fortran on Sun Workstations
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Date: 11 Mar 90 08:30:10 GMT
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In article <3684@tahoe.unr.edu> randy@chaos.unr.edu (Randy F. Hall) writes:
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>We are thinking about buying some sun workstations. Our group is 
>a bunch of physical chemists. Our main computer need is number
>crunching.
>
>I heard a rumor that there was some serious problems with the fortran
>compiler for sun workstations?
>
>Can anyone verify or unverify this rumor?
>


We use SUNS here at UofA for medium number-crunching.  No problems with fortran
here.  Did you here this rumor from a salesperson of a competeing manufacturer?

			Richard Walter

PS  We use Crays for heavy number crunching.

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