Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 13:39:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Tony Scandora 708-252-7541 <SCANDORA@cmt.anl.gov>
Subject: f2c
To: everhart@decus.org
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I deleted some junk, wrote a minimal AAAREADME.1ST file, and packed it up into
a 13,734 block saveset F2C-1993_04_28.BCK, which you can get from anonymous ftp
to anlcmt.cmt.anl.gov.  If you want to transfer a smaller file,
F2C-1993_04_28.ACS is 8593 blocks and all printable ASCII.

Fetch .BCK in binary and then change the attributes to fixed 32768 or fetch
.ACS in ASCII and execute it as a command file ($ @F2C-1993_04_28.ACS).

The poor attempt at release notes, which are in AAAREADME.TXT:

This is f2c of April 1993 anonymously ftped from prep.ai.mit.edu and crudely
ported to VMS.  I used VMS POSIX to compile the grammar, but it wasn't easy.
Its make, shell, and utilities are a lot different from those on f2c's author's
system.  I don't know which, if either, is correct, but don't expect to call up
VMS POSIX, say "make" and expect a finished product.

This compiles, links, and runs with VAX C on a VAX and DEC C on an Alpha. 
Subdirectory [.VAXC] contains F2C.EXE, LIB%77.OLB (D float), and LIB%77G.OLB (G
float) for VAX C, and [.AXP] contains F2C.EXE, LIB%77.OLB (VAX float), and
LIB%77I.OLB (IEEE float) for DEC C on Alpha.  I did not do GNU C.

Subdirectory [.AES] contains my work files.  All other files more recent than
April 28, 1993 are source files updated to compile with VAX C and DEC C.

Usage notes:

Source files must be .f.  The command "$ f2c abc" compiles abc.f into abc.c.

I think the F77 standard calls for a default open on the first read/write on an
unopened unit.  This runtime library requires all units to be opened before
being used.

It's not pretty, but it works.

Good luck.  I will appreciate any comments or suggestions, but I can not
guarantee support for a product that I didn't write and has no current use to
my employer.  Of course, neither I, my employer, nor any acquaintences bear any
responsibiity for the consequences of its use or misuse.

Anthony E. Scandora, Jr.
Argonne National Laboratory
CMT 205
Argonne, IL  60439
708-252-7541
scandora@cmt.anl.gov or scandora@anlcmt.bitnet