richmon@astrovax.UUCP (Michael Richmond) (08/03/85)
Well, there may be hope after all. I was told that a company called
Philon in New York had some sort of fast F77 compiler for a VAX under
UNIX, so I gave them a call. Their product is designed for Ultrix, but
I was told by the salesman (if you can trust one) that it would be
possible to make it work under 4.2BSD (any comments on the feasibility
of this ). Here's the info:
I was told that their compiler, which would be ready in about three or
four months, will be similar to all the other compilers the company makes:
it produces some sort of P-code that is then crunched down by a standard
cruncher to machine language, so that routines from any of their other
languages (C, Cobol, Pascal, etc.) are fully compatible. Right now they have
versions ready for 68000 machines, so if you're interested you might check
that out. No benchmarks for the real thing, though they are looking for
sites to beta-test it. It apparently will be offered by DEC, cost on the
order of $6000 for a single copy of binary-only, and be really fast.
Their number is (212) 807-0303.
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Michael Richmond Princeton University, Astrophysics
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