[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

Bob Koehler koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org
Tue Jan 12 09:10:04 EST 2016


In article <mailman.114.1452527624.14919.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>, lists at openmailbox.org writes:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:23:48 -0500
> Stephen Hoffman via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-01-11 14:35:16 +0000, Bob Koehler said:
>> 
>> > In article <mailman.25.1452503591.23756.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>, 
>> > lists at openmailbox.org writes:
>> > 
>> >> Fortran 90/95
>> > 
>> >    I think VAXen are stuck at Fortran 77.
> 
> That would be somewhat surprising. Would they really put the VAX out to
> pasture when it came to something VMS/VAX was so famous for!?

   Yes, I remember when HP, Sun, an IBM were pushing that thier UNIX
   workstations had Fortran compilers that were compatable with
   "VAX Fortran".

   Sadly, that is no longer the defacto industry standard.  I get much
   better support from gfortran on other platforms.




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