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Article #329Re: Any decent Fortrans under Unix ? Which machine ?
From: Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm de...
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1986 11:17
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1986 11:17
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In article <161@desint.UUCP> geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) writes: >The problem people are forgetting here is numerical accuracy. As Gene >Spafford pointed out a few months back, there are *no* current Unix >Fortrans that have numerically accurate libraries (I/O is, as usual, >especially weak). Many people stick with their Cray, CDC, or DEC Fortran >because those companies have put many buckos into accuracy, unlike Bell > >> Geoff Kuenning Interesting statement, especially considering that DEC is selling their VMS FORTRAN compiler for Ultrix, and Cray provides CFT (the standard Cray FORTRAN compiler) with Unicos. It appears that they have good libraries and accuracy, except when they run under Unix :-). <mike
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!ucbvax!ucbjade!mwm From: mwm@ucbopal.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer) Newsgroups: net.lang.f77,net.unix,net.unix-wizards,net.lang Subject: Re: Any decent Fortrans under Unix ? Which machine ? Message-ID: <404@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 06:17:51 EST Article-I.D.: ucbjade.404 Posted: Wed Mar 5 06:17:51 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Mar-86 06:47:30 EST References: <210@bu-cs.UUCP> <161@desint.UUCP> Sender: network@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mwm@ucbopal.UUCP (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 15