[Info-vax] Fortran

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/5/2018 1:39 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2018-12-05, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> There is a difference between making things better, and removing things
>> because someone "doesn't like it".
>>
>> No, I would not implement things such as "/standard=vaxc" in new
>> compilers, however, I would not remove it from where it already exists.
>>
>> Consider, Dave doesn't like C, therefore all computers will no longer
>> support this language.  Extreme, yes, but, the same concept, right?
> 
> No. The language standards determine what the later versions of a language
> will support and compilers which support that latest version are written
> to those standards.
> 
> That says nothing about what the _existing_ compilers for the existing
> versions of a language will support.
> 
>>   All
>> I'm trying to say is, if it does not have to be removed, then don't do
>> so, because you might be causing someone else grief.  If it does have to
>> be removed to make needed improvements, then do so.
> 
> You do not remove it from Fortran compilers for existing versions
> of the standard which support that feature.

Here you assume that the old compiler supporting the old standard
is still supported.

Arne