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From: danpop@cernapo.cern.ch (Dan Pop)
Subject: Re: DEC Fortran 90 for OpenVMS / Fortran90 for the VAX?!
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In <3kbael$ckl@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> Phillip Helbig <phelbig@hs.uni-hamburg.de> writes:

>In <3k9o85$726@jac.zko.dec.com> lionel@quark.enet.dec.com (Steve Lionel) writes:
>
>>We will certainly actively maintain both compilers.  We have many, many
>>customers who have no immediate interest in Fortran 90.  Consider also that we
>>still actively maintain the VAX Fortran compiler.  DEC Fortran 90 is not at
>>this time a suitable replacement for DEC Fortran for all customers, especially
>>on OpenVMS where it is missing some features that DEC Fortran has (CDD,
>>SCA, FDML support).
>
>Am I correct in assuming that the following compilers are available:
>
>   ALPHA: F77 and F90
>   VAX:   F77
>
>and will be for many years to come and that F90 will NEVER be offered 
>for the VAX, which means that if one wants Fortran90 (which I need) from 
>DEC (whom else?) then one must buy an ALPHA machine?  

If you mean DEC compilers, you're probably right.

If you need an F90 compiler for VAX hardware, NAG and PSR (possibly others,
check the c.l.f FAQ) are selling one _now_ (and have been for a while).

From the FAQ:

    A compiler is available for most unix platforms, VMS and PCs (including
    Linux) from NAG (infodesk@nag.com or infodesk@nag.co.uk). This was the
    first f90 compiler, released in 1991. The current version is 2.1.

    VAST/f90 from PSR (info@psrv.com) is a complete f90 compiler, including
    a vectorizer, for unix, VMS and Convex. PSR also supplies VAST/77to90
    to convert FORTRAN 77 programs into Fortran 90 syntax.

They're probably cheaper than an ALPHA machine :-)

Dan
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