E8D@PSUVM.BITNET (09/22/88)
Information from the Lahey Computer Systems Inc. Newsletter which may be of interest to people wanting a FORTRAN compiler for ibm pcs and compatibles. Lahey F77L 3.0 fortran compiler is now available. This is a complete implimentation of fortran 77 with some extensions. New features include: Math Coprocessor emulation. Borland and Microsoft C interfaces. C code may be linked directly into your fortran program. Fortran subroutines can be called from TurboC. To call subroutines from Microsoft C an F77L main must call the C main as if it were a subprogram. Support for Lattice C is continued in this version of the compiler. A library manager is included. Lahey's F77L-EM/32 80386 fortran which runs under AI architect's operating system and can address up to 4 Giga-Bytes of memory is now available as is the 80286 version EM/16. Anybody know anything about these? Is the operating system decent? There is also a new version of the personal fortran which sounds ok if you only write tiny programs Further information is available from: Lahey Computer Systems Inc. PO Box 6091 Incline Village NV 89450 (800)548-4778 Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Lahey except that I use their compiler & quite like it. It's fast and has useful error messages. I rate their customer support to be very good and they fix bugs. Evan Dresel E8D@PSUVM.Bitnet Dept. of Geochemistry Penn State University "He is a man of splendid abilities University Park PA 16802 but utterly corrupt. He shines and stinks like a rotten mackerel by moonlight."