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Aucbvax.6005 fa.info-vax utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-vax Sat Jan 30 21:27:15 1982 Compiler support issue >From gwyn@UTEXAS-11 Sat Jan 30 21:25:05 1982 Vendor support of compilers isn't all it's cracked up to be. Does anyone remember how long it took DEC to get PDP-11 Fortran to work correctly? (At least 5 years by my count.) The usual SPR response was "it is a problem, we'll fix it in a future release", which is not my idea of support.

People who for one reason or another decide to use (ANSI) Fortran to implement portable applications should at least consider using a good preprocessor (RatFor highly recommended) to assist in good coding style and future maintenance. -------

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