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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene
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Hello,

Just a dumb question, as i'm totally out of this business, it is easier to write an emulator than translate the applications to plan9 c ? (for example) or to write (or port) the C++ and Fortran compilers and related tools?

i'm asking from a technical point of view, i suppose dealing with the current users and customers is the real issue, right?

thanks

gabi

> In the HPC world, there is lots of conservatism. There is an editor at
> LANL, named Fred, written in Fortran, that has been in use for longer
> than most of you have been alive. Until very recently, it was a
> required part of any HPC system.
>
> So, we're doing a binary compatibility module so we can run code
> compiled with the hot IBM compilers like XLC and XLF.
>
> ron