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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!bigbang.astro.indiana.edu!pitts From: pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) Subject: Re: fortran for *BSD ... Message-ID: <CEDLw4.A81@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: bigbang.astro.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University Astrophysics, Bloomington, IN References: <3OCT93.10185336@tifrvax.tifr.res.in> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 14:07:15 GMT Lines: 36 In article <3OCT93.10185336@tifrvax.tifr.res.in> krish@tifrvax.tifr.res.in writes: >I am looking for FORTRAN-77 for *BSD. It would be nice if I could also use >VMS-FORTRAN extensions. I would be grateful if someone can guide me, to where I >can find it. Be patient. The first release of GNU FORTRAN is due to be out soon. If you would like more info on GNU FORTRAN, try (from a mail message I got): >How to get information on GNU Fortran (the .plan file for user >fortran at Project GNU): > >If you can do finger -l, try: > > finger -l fortran@gate.gnu.ai.mit.edu > >If that produces output of around 250 lines, then it probably works. > >Otherwise, if you can do ftp, try: > > ftp gate.gnu.ai.mit.edu > Username: ftp > Password: (any) > get g77.plan > >The ftp copy of the file is updated every 3 hours from the live copy. > >Otherwise, you could try sending email to user fortran@gnu.ai.mit.edu >asking to be sent the latest copy of the file, but _please_ make this >your last option, because it requires human intervention! I do not know about support for VMS FORTRAN extensions. At this stage in the development I doubt it ... but one never knows with GNU. Jim Pitts pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu