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

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <irvuf0$qvc$1 at lnx107.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de>, m.kraemer at gsi.de
(Michael Kraemer) writes: 

> In article <irva43$ofv$1 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip
> Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
> > 
> > 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 behind the current standard, i.e. 16 years out of date.
> > 
> 
> Supply and demand, I'd say.
> How much really *new* code is produced in Fortran these days?

Chicken and egg.

> let alone code using these extensions?

Not extensions, but new standard features.

> And even if so, most of it wouldn't be done on Itanics,
> let alone the legacy platforms Alpha, VAX or VMS. 

Chicken and egg.