mckenney@cims18.nyu.edu (Alan M. McKenney) (11/21/90)
Our site currently has Sun's FORTRAN ("f77") version 1.2 running. Our system administrators are considering installing 1.3.1. We are running SunOS 4.1. I have already noticed some differences between version 1.2 and its predecessor. In addition, I was at a place which had 1.3.1 up and noticed some annoying bugs. I would like to put together a list of known bugs and annoying differences between versions[*] in order to allow us here to make an informed decision about whether to upgrade. Therefore, a request to the network: Please send me ( mckenney@cs.nyu.edu ) E-mail with a description of any problems, bugs, and annoying changes in version 1.2 and 1.3.1 of the Sun FORTRAN system. This includes compiler, library, run-time system, and anything else involved in compiling and running a FORTRAN program. I will compile whatever I get in the next 3-4 weeks and post the results. I repeat: ***PLEASE SEND E-MAIL***, don't post. Send stuff to "mckenney@cs.nyu.edu" [*] "annoying differences" or "... changes" means changes in the behavior of the FORTRAN system which break code that used to run under the old version, even if the new behavior conforms with the ANSI standard. Alan McKenney E-mail: mckenney@cs.nyu.edu (INTERNET) Courant Institute,NYU ...!cmcl2!cs.nyu.edu!mckenney (UUCP)