Language Systems Fortran is out

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From: William Lipa
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1988 20:07

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Last week I received the release version of Language Systems Corporation's
Fortran compiler for use with MPW. This is probably the nicest Fortran
programming environment that I have ever seen. The MPW editor is very nice,
and the Fortran run-time package is quite powerful. For example, it saves the
output of your program off the top of the screen and allows you to scroll
through it when your program is done. You can also print your output or save
it to a disk file using menu commands.

The compiler seems very reliable -- it doesn't have any problems with programs
that cause Absoft/Microsoft MacFortran to bomb at first sight. I have brought
large programs (15,000 lines plus) over from a Vax and have gotten them
running almost immediately.

The only problem with the compiler is that the code it produces is slow. It is
about two-thirds the speed of Absoft Fortran. This is a significant
disadvantage, but they promise speed improvements in the next release (coming
in a few months). I find that the other advantages (ease of use, reliability)
more than make up for this time penalty.

Bill Lipa

Internet: lipa@polya.stanford.edu	Bitnet: lipa%polya@forsythe

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