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Title: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: orb85750 on March 09, 2009, 06:53:40 PM

I purchased one on eBay a while back (A/C Fortran), but it was completely dead.  I had to return both the disks and the full documentation to get a refund of my $15-20.

Title: Re: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: Heinz on March 09, 2009, 08:59:13 PM

AMINET ? (http://aminet.net/search?query=fortran)

Title: Re: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: Nostalgiac on March 09, 2009, 09:33:26 PM

question is... WHY  :-?

Tom UK

Title: Re: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: orb85750 on March 09, 2009, 10:24:36 PM

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Nostalgiac wrote:
question is... WHY  :-?

Tom UK

FORTRAN remains a major computer language in the physical sciences.  In fact, most massively parallel work on national supercomputers is done in FORTRAN.  Of course, such work will not be done on an Amiga, but I am very comfortable with the language, and small numerical tasks are quickly and efficiently coded and accomplished with this language.

Title: Re: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: weirdami on March 09, 2009, 11:42:17 PM

FORTRAN rules :banana:

Title: Re: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: bloodline on March 10, 2009, 12:02:46 AM

Edsger Dijkstra remarked that "The use of [d]COBOL[/d] FORTRAN cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."

:-D

Title: Re: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: orb85750 on March 10, 2009, 12:53:08 AM

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bloodline wrote:
Edsger Dijkstra remarked that "The use of [d]COBOL[/d] FORTRAN cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."

:-D

Computer scientists have always hated FORTRAN, and any other language with a GOTO statement.  But computer scientists happen to be notoriously incompetent when it comes to numerical modeling, an area where FORTRAN code is direct and useful.  As for COBOL . . . no comment.

Title: Re: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: LoadWB on March 10, 2009, 02:51:49 AM

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orb85750 wrote:

FORTRAN remains a major computer language in the physical sciences.  In fact, most massively parallel work on national supercomputers is done in FORTRAN.  Of course, such work will not be done on an Amiga, but I am very comfortable with the language, and small numerical tasks are quickly and efficiently coded and accomplished with this language.

I learned (or was in the process of learning) Fortran77 on a Cray Y-MP/2E back in 1991 as part of a high school project.  Was pretty neat.  That was at the same time I was being taught COBOL and RPG-II on an IBM System/34.  Ugly stuff :-)

Title: Re: Amiga FORTRAN compiler with documentation?
Post by: persia on March 11, 2009, 12:47:08 AM

Only the cool kids program in FORTRAN!