14 Oct
2013
14 Oct
'13
6:49 p.m.
On 14/10/2013 23:37, Chuck Guzis wrote:
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