[Info-vax] fortran compiler roadmap?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/18/2013 11:49 AM, Paul Sture wrote:
> In article <kkmujq$eqi$3 at online.de>,
>   helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply)
>   wrote:
>
>> In article <kklnsc$b2a$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, Anton Shterenlikht
>> <mexas at mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> writes:
>>
>>> Does anybody have any information regarding the
>>> future of HP VMS fortran compiler? In particular,
>>> do any HP VMS fortran roadmaps include plans to
>>> support 2003 or 2008 fortran standards?
>>> Or is it staying at 1995 standard for now?
>>
>> I've asked this in various places at various times over the last few
>> years.  I think the answer is that we will probably never see a Fortran
>> compiler from the owner of VMS which supports any standard later than
>> F95.  Sic transit gloria mundi.  There was a time when VMS Fortran (in
>> particular VAX Fortran) was the gold standard.  (The Alpha compiler is
>> good as well, it's just that by the time it supported F90, VMS wasn't as
>> popular as it was back in the VAX days.)
>
> I came across a comment some time ago to the effect that when discussing
> details of Fortran compiler implementations for other platforms, it was
> common to say "Let's see what DEC Fortran does here".
>
> IIRC that was Richard Maine, but Google Groups is so incredibly slow at
> the moment that I gave up my quest to find it :-(

25 years ago Fortran compilers had to be "VAX compatible" or "with VAX
extensions" to be cool.

Arne