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Re: [wwwdocs,fortran] Update link to CHKSYS
Hi Jerry,
thanks for the suggestions - I agree that a download link which is
more visible would be a good idea. I will adapt the pages with this in
mind.
Regards,
Arjen
2017-04-13 21:36 GMT+02:00 Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle@charter.net>:
> On 04/13/2017 02:13 AM, Arjen Markus wrote:
>> Hi Gerald, Jerry,
>>
>> as the author of this program (and the maintainer of that site) I am
>> honoured that you refer to this. But I would like to tell you a bit
>> about the history:
>> I started CHKSYS in the time that FORTRAN 77 was still the main
>> standard, so much of the tests that are contained in this program are
>> specific to all the variations I had encountered with various FORTRAN
>> compilers. I did start a version for Fortran 90, but I was rather a
>> novice wrt that standard back then and I never really achieved a
>> satisfactory set of tests.
>>
>> Some time last year I started anew with a set of programs - see the
>> chkfeatures subdirectory in the source repository. These programs
>> check whether a compiler supports features found in Fortran 2003 and
>> 2008 and various common extensions that I am aware of. Since the
>> checks frequently cause the compilers to complain - and are even
>> designed for this - I have set this up as a collection of programs,
>> rather than a single one.
>>
>> Checking the web pages, I see I should really update the original page
>> and integrate the new stuff with it. If you have any suggestions to
>> make the reference easier (access to the source code from that page?),
>> then let me know. I am no hero when it comes to web design, but a
>> better set-up of links and such is well within my capacity.
>>
>
> First, the original page link we had is broken. so clarify for us the URL you
> intend to update.
>
> A download link on each page is helpful. Our link was to CHKSYS so I had to
> manually navigate up one level to hunt around for the actual source code. We
> probably should link to your main page so one navigates down to what one is
> looking for. I think the download page link has one word like 'here' or
> something. Maybe pull that out to a separate line that says "Download Sources"
> in bold or something. Just a suggestion, by all means do as you please.
>
> Jerry