[Info-vax] Itanic is a dead end : IBM

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <irvg8k$h7i$1 at dont-email.me>, glen herrmannsfeldt
<gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes: 

> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply <helbig at astro.multiclothesvax.de> wrote:
> (snip) 
> >> Both, according to the same manual.
>  
> >> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/82final/6324/ba368-90004.pdf
>  
> > Right.  This proves my point.  Since then, Fortran 2003 and Fortran 2008 
> > have been published.  HP might support Fortran, but it is two versions 
> > behind the current standard, i.e. 16 years out of date.
> 
> Full Fortran 2003 compilers are extremely rare.  Some are getting
> close, though.  Some Fortran 2008 features have been added to
> some compilers, but none close to a full implementation.

True, but HP don't even PLAN support for any more advanced standards on 
VMS, as far as I know.

> Now, no Fortran 90 or 95 compilers for VAX, that one I don't
> understand.

That I do understand.  Fortran 90 came out at about the same time ALPHA 
did.  Anyone doing serious Fortran development would be on ALPHA; VAX is 
mostly frozen code.  I'm glad they didn't waste any effort there.