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Re: F77 code under gcc
- From: Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu>
- To: "Brian T. Brunner" <brian dot t dot brunner at gai-tronics dot com>
- Cc: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 12:03:59 -0800
- Subject: Re: F77 code under gcc
- References: <s36b4bf1.052@CRPSPKWANW02-IA.hubbell.com>
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 11:54:12AM -0800, Brian T. Brunner wrote:
>
> My error: g77, g90, g95... the point being that if the new compiler
> is a true superset of the old (this is not true for gcc v3.4 which is not
> a true superset of gcc 2.97) then simple name links give everybody
> what they want and need.
>
gfortran does not implement all of the horrible hacks and
compiler flags found in g77, so a symlink of g77 pointing
at gfortran is inappropriate. That being said, I've found
very few Fortran 77 (with some extensions) packages that
gfortran can not compile.
--
Steve