ronb@dmsace.dms.oz (Ron Baxter) (01/28/89)
In article <5709@wolfen.cc.uow.oz> steve@wolfen.cc.uow.oz (Steve Cliffe) writes: >Some time ago I tried to get S going on our Sequent. ..... >..... >Since then, New-S has come along and Sequent's Fortran compiler (actually >SVS) has become more C compatible, so before we order New-S has anyone out >there had any experience with it - preferably on Sequents. I know nothing of Sequents, but have had experience with old and new S on a range of hardware. Getting S going using compilers different from the ususal SV or BSD f77 and cc can be quite a bit of work. New S still has Fortran and C interwoven. They have cleaned up many of the definitions used in the 'm4' phase so that it easier to adapt to other compilers. New S is now one large process and does not fork off sub-processes for graphics devices etc. One feature of new S that may be difficult to implement on other hardware is dynamic loading. This allows a user to compile his/her favourite fortran/C subroutine and the "dynamically load" the sub.o file into S and access it from S functions. If you already have an S licence (old S) then getting the new S tape is cheap ($800 US I think). ____ ____ Ron Baxter, CSIRO Div Maths & Stats, | } /\ |\ | | } PO Box 218, Lindfield, NSW, Australia. |-< { }|\\| |-< Phone: +61 2 467 6059 | \ \/ | \| _|__} Email: ronb@natmlab.oz.au