jme@wdl1.UUCP (Joseph M. Earley) (03/20/84)
Hold on, don't give up yet. Silicon Valley Software makes a full ANSI standard F77 compiler for the 68000. I'm currently using it on a Sage IV running CPM-68K. It also runs under Unix. Haven't tested it out much because I'm just getting started. If you want to see a benchmark run on it send me the code and I'll give you the results. This is just your basic standard 77, nothing extended here let me tell you now. Anything over 100 lines will be evaluated by my Trash Can 1000. I got my compiler through Sage in Reno. SVS doesn't seam to want to deal with individuals purchasing their software, I phoned them up and was immediately given the phone number to Sage. Could have been just a fluke. I'll post the address of SVS tomorrow. Joe Earley, Ford Aerospace, Palo Alto ARPA: jme@ford-wdl1 UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jme
fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) (03/23/84)
SVS most assuredly does NOT deal with end users. They don't even deal
with second level OEM's! DUAL sells SVS Fortran and Pascal, and we get
them both through UniSoft. The few times we have attempted to gain
satisfaction directly, we have been told to go through UniSoft. Period.
The main problem that I have had when trying to answer customer
questions about SVS Fortran is that while SVS believes in the 68000,
they do not believe in UNIX. By this I mean that using UNIX system
calls and subroutines is not as easy as it is from C. The SVS compilers
are probably just perfect for the SAGE, which also does not believe in
UNIX...
Disclaimer: The last time I touched Fortran was a UCB, four years ago,
in Computer Science 1, using CDC Fortran IV on a 6400.
Second Disclaimer: Opinions held, expressed, and disclaimed are soley
my own, and are not to be construed as anyone else's good idea.
Erik E. Fair
dual!fair@Berkeley.ARPA
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Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, California