14 Oct
2013
14 Oct
'13
4:44 p.m.
On Oct 14, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
On 14/10/2013 23:37, Chuck Guzis wrote:
4. You have FTN code that you want to run (possibly with changes) on the DtCyber
emulator.
paul
On 10/14/2013 02:32 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
Well I can think of a few reasons....
1. If you had some code written in FTN then it might help convert it to standard
Fortran...
2. If you wanted to study obscure dialects of Fortran
3. ou might want to write a front end or macro processor to let you run FTN code with
standard...
--
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum Sorry to have to say that the CDC one has indeed
now gone to a new
home. The IBM SSP one remains, though, so Dave, I suggest you drop me
an email with your address & I'll get a price for postage for you.
I'm a bit curious...
What on earth would a FTN (that's what CDC called the extended FORTRAN;
"standard" was RUN) manual be of use to someone today? It's not part of the
Cray-Cyber public access setup (it came later than COS). FTN is a horribly non-standard
dialect of FORTRAN. The EUQIVALENCE/COMMON processor in the compiler is a nightmare in
comment-free ASSIGN-ed GOTOs. "The rule was "Don't touch it--you'll
break it."
--Chuck