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Article #5442Re: Question on compatibility of f77/Vax FORTRAN compilers/linkage
From: Brian V. Smith
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 22:47
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1989 22:47
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In article <17566@paris.ics.uci.edu>, bferguso@ics.uci.edu (B. Ferguson) writes: > > Does anyone out there have any experience with linking VAX FORTRAN modules, to > f77 modules? > > I.e. I have a f77 library that I want to link to from VAX FORTRAN code. > > What are the incompatibilities and problems doing this. Note that the code is > full of VAX extensions. > The first, basic problem with VAX FORTRAN is that DEC decided to convert all symbols to UPPER CASE (argggghhhhh!!!!). So, you must interface to f77 using the jbl (jacket building language) to map subroutine names to the appropriate case. I don't know if common data is compatible, though. I don't have my User's guide handy. That document tells about using jbl. _____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory We don't need no signatures!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!helios.ee.lbl.gov!epb2.lbl.gov!envbvs From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Question on compatibility of f77/Vax FORTRAN compilers/linkage Keywords: VAX FORTRAN, f77, ULTRIX Message-ID: <2810@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 12 Jun 89 22:47:48 GMT References: <17566@paris.ics.uci.edu> Sender: usenet@helios.ee.lbl.gov Lines: 23