From: burley@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Craig Burley) Subject: Re: Fortran for linux ? (not f2c) Date: 15 Dec 1992 12:41:48
In article <Bz18D4.KC4@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
The g77 compiler looks like a good deal; I certainly hope we can get
it ported to Linux--it'll save me from the snarling jaws of the
Vaxen... :-)
By the end of this week, I hope to have my Linux system upgraded to
0.98pl5 or 0.99 and using the extfs so I have enough space. When that
happens, ongoing g77 development will happen _primarily_ under Linux,
so porting it won't be a problem.
FYI, g77 is still in private alpha testing, and will be for another
few months. Here is the info on how to get the latest status and
other info:
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Okay, here is the definitive info (at least for now :-) on how to get
current status on info on g77 (nothing has changed, but I want to
put the info in one place):
If you can do finger -l, try:
finger -l fortran@gate.gnu.ai.mit.edu
If that produces output of around 100 lines, then it probably works.
Otherwise, if you can do ftp, try:
ftp gate.gnu.ai.mit.edu
Username: ftp
Password: (any)
get g77.plan
The ftp copy of the file is updated every 3 hours from the live copy.
Otherwise, you could try sending email to user fortran@gnu.ai.mit.edu
asking to be sent the latest copy of the file, but _please_ make this
your last option, because it requires human intervention!