bet@ecsvax.UUCP (07/02/84)
I just saw an IBM product announcement about new versions of the IBM FORTRAN
and Pascal compilers for the PC. These seem to be newer versions of the
microsoft products as best I can tell, and therefore should theoretically
be less buggy (I didn't find any mention of bugs one way or another in
the announcement). Of particular interest is the upgrade option: owners of
the old compilers can upgrade to the new ones for $100 eaches, as opposed
to the $350 list price for the compilers.
"FORTRAN? Pascal? Use C!!! :-)"
Bennett Todd
...{decvax,ihnp4,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!betdgary@ecsvax.UUCP (07/10/84)
I believe the new IBM compilers for FORTRAN and Pascal are IBM-developed and
not Microsoft products being sold by IBM (as was the case with the earlier
ones). On the FORTRAN, my understanding is that IBM's product still has
memory management problems not shared by the current Microsoft version.
Given IBM's record of support on the compilers, and its absolute refusal to
report bug fixes until begged, I see no reason not to get the current
Microsoft products.
Or use C.
D Gary Grady
Duke University Computation Center, Durham, NC 27706
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