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."