[Info-vax] Fortran

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-12-05, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 12/5/2018 1:39 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2018-12-05, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>   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.
>

That's true, but the existing compilers are always supported for
a period after a new standard comes out. How long that period is
however, always depends on a variety of things.

Simon.

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