[comp.sys.atari.st] Fortran standards

R.D.Chafer@sysc.salford.ac.UK (05/02/90)

>Date: 30 Apr 90 17:44:00 GMT
>From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!gwg33762@ucsd.edu
>Subject: Fortran Standard?
>Message-ID: <46300091@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
>
>Does anyone know: (1) If there is a standard (unix) for Fortran?
>                  (2) If there is an ST compiler which compiles unix fortran?
>
>Garret Gengler
 
The current standard is the ANSI Fortran 77 version. The document describing
this is ANSI X3.9-1978. This is NOT a standard for Unix but a standard for
everyone. Unix compilers *should* follow this standard. The Prospero compiler
for the ST may be Fortran 77 compilant, if not it should be quite close.
 
There is a new ANSI standard called Fortran 90 (ANSI X3J3) which is not quite
out yet. This is the result of a *large* amount of work and is much larger than
Fortran 77. There are no compilers for Fortran 90 at present.
 
Robert Chafer
 
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