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From: morgan@dl5000.bc.edu (Morgan Stair)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: "MicroWay" or "EPC" Fortran ("elf"? binaries) run on 386bsd?
Date: 19 Jul 1993 16:46:07 GMT
Organization: Boston College / ISR
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Message-ID: <MORGAN.93Jul19124608@dl5000.bc.edu>
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I'm porting a big Fortran, C, X11, Motif application to a PC/Unix
machine, and I've only been able to find two fortrans for PC/Unix
boxes that have the VAX "stucture" and "record" extensions. These two
are MicroWay Fortran and EPC Fortran.
Liant (LPI) Fortran does not support the structure/record stuff I
need, nor does "f2c". The upcoming GNU Fortran is still in alpha so
it's not an option (and probably won't be supporting structure /
record in version 1 anyway).
I checked out Linux, and got a "no" on both MicroWay and EDC
products, because I'm told they're "elf" binaries (though someone is
supposed to be working that). I don't know what "elf" means, but can
anyone tell me whether these products will run on 386BSD?
I REALLY like the idea of using an inexpensive or free PC/Unix that
has source code available, lots of usenet support, and lots of gnu
utilities. If I have to buy SCO, or something like that, this project
will probably die, so any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Morgan
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