F77 on linux
tturner at gnu.ai.mit.edu
tturner at gnu.ai.mit.edu
Thu Jul 28 22:36:46 EDT 1994
As a follow up to the recent request and responses for F77 on Linux
here are the relevant references from the Free Software Foundation
June 1994 Project GNU's Bulletin...
* `f2c' (LangT, SrcCD)
`f2c' converts Fortran-77 source files into C or C++, which can be
compiled with GCC. You can get bug fixes via FTP from `netlib.att.com'
in the file `/netlib/f2c/changes.Z' or by email from
`netlib at research.att.com'. See ``Forthcoming GNUs'', for information
about GNU Fortran...
* GNU Fortran (For info on `f2c' & GCC, see ``GNU Software''.)
GNU Fortran (`g77') is in "private" alpha test (testing by a small group
of experts) and is not yet publicly released. Until `g77' is fully
released to the public, we ask people to use `f2c' (a Fortran-to-C
translator) with GCC. As `g77' uses a lot of these tools (the `f2c'
libraries and the GCC back end), using them and reporting any problems
you find will help speed the release of `g77'.
The primary focus of the alpha test is to test the `g77' front end,
since that has most of the new code. The secondary focus of the alpha
test is to test the integration between the front end and the back end.
Currently, this is where most of the bugs seem to be. The tertiary focus
is the quality of code generated by the GNU back end for Fortran.
We hope to have a `g77' beta release in summer 1994, as part of the
regular compiler distribution. A mailing list exists for announcements
about `g77'. To subscribe, ask
`info-gnu-fortran-request at prep.ai.mit.edu'. To contact the author and
maintainer of `g77', write to `fortran at prep.ai.mit.edu'.
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