[comp.sys.atari.st] Fortran Standard?

Chris.Forker@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Forker - Nav Arch-) (05/02/90)

In article <46300091@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> gwg33762@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>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
>
	What do you mean by Unix Fortran ??

	There is an ISO Fortran standard called Fortran77. In my
experience most Fortran compilers on Unix machines have a close
conformance to this standard.

My knowledge of Fortran compilers for the ST is limited to Prospero's
Fortran77 compiler which is a fully ISO validated. I have experienced no
problems,( when programming within the standard ) moving code to and
form my Sun at work.

I think there is another compiler for the ST but cannot remember any
details.

Hope this helps

Chris...


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silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) (05/02/90)

In article <46300091@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> gwg33762@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Does anyone know: (1) If there is a standard (unix) for Fortran?
>                  (2) If there is an ST compiler which compiles unix fortran?

I'm not sure what gwg means by a Unix standard, but Fortran-77 is
described by a standard document ANSI X3.9-1978.  Unix f77 includes some
extensions as documented in a 1978 paper by Feldman & Weinberger.  Since
f77 is closely linked to C, non-Unix compilers generally do not share
the C-like extensions.

Both the Absoft and Prospero compilers appear to be full Fortran-77
implementations.


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