[comp.lang.fortran] Microsoft and Absoft Fortran

dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) (12/13/90)

I know that the Fortran compiler distributed by MicroSoft is from Absoft.
But I think that some time ago Absoft started selling their own new
versions of the compiler while MicroSoft still markets an older version.
Also I think I have read somewhere that MicroSoft version numbers do
not match Absoft version numbers.

The point is that one of my colleagues (who goes back to his own country
in only two days) has bought MicroSoft Fortran, which appears to be
version 2.2, dated 1986.  Also he found an irritating bug in it.  What I
want to know is:
1.  What Absoft version is MicroSoft version 2.2.
2.  What is the current version of the Absoft compiler.
3.  What is the price of the current Absoft compiler.

As I do not think this is of general interest, please reply by e-mail.

Thanks in advance.
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dik t. winter, cwi, amsterdam, nederland
dik@cwi.nl