From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: clemc at ccc.com (Clem Cole) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 11:20:53 -0500 Subject: [COFF] How much Fortran? In-Reply-To: <20200203160643.GO3216@mcvoy.com> References: <20200203034729.GN3216@mcvoy.com> <20200203160643.GO3216@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 11:06 AM Larry McVoy wrote: > But in the CS department and then later at Sun, everything I came > in contact with was in C. So in my world it wasn't a thing. > Mine either mind you, but ... like me, Sun sold a >>lot<< of high-end systems to run Fortran codes. Like Masscomp, both firms compiler groups had to ensure that our Fortran compilers were not just F77, but VMS FORTRAN compliant - because when UNIX hit the scene, VMS FORTRAN was the *Lingua Franca* of the users (but just not us system folks). I always like to know what is paying the bills 😎 > > Modern Fortran is apparently a lot more pleasant than what I learned. Without a doubt, but I'd still rather not program in it.😂 I just want to make sure it works and runs really fast, so our customers want to use a large number of our high-end chips and keep that robot in AZ that is turning silicon into gold. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: