[Info-vax] Fortran

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/4/18 9:47 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>>
>> What was this NAG compiler?  Did it convert stuff to C and compile it?
>> There was also something (VAST?) which converted Fortran90 to Fortran77
>> and compiled that, but it was a bit buggy, at least the version I
>> tested.
> 
> It did NOT precompile with f2c, it was at the time the tightest and most
> efficient fortran compiler made and one of the first to support the f90
> standards.  It was much better than the DEC compiler, which was itself
> pretty good.
> 
> It's still available and it is still very popular although they do not have
> a vax version any longer: http://www.nag.com/nag-compiler
> --scott
> 

I can understand not supporting the VAX....
 From their website:
  "It is available on Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X platforms."

bill