[Info-vax] Fortran

Dave Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Wed Dec 5 18:04:05 EST 2018


On 12/5/2018 5:32 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.
>

Is it a new compiler, or enhancements to the existing compiler?

If enhancements to an existing compiler, then back to the question, why 
are some things being removed?

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