Help on GNU Fortran development

[Martin v. Loewis]

> As I strongly sympathise with the GNU philosophy, I decided to
> volunteer with some work and spare time to help on GNU Fortran
> development.
[...]

> However I have only an introductory knowledge of C (I can
> read/understand a C program and make simple programs).

Thanks for your offer. Since the g77 compiler is written in C, you'd
need more than just an introductory understanding of that language.
To see what style of code g77 (or, rather, f771) is written in, please
have a look at the gcc/f directory in the gcc 2.95 sources.

My understanding is that there is currently no active development in a
GNU Fortran 95 compiler. It might take several years to complete such
a project. If that does not bother you, feel free to look into
it. You'll learn anything you need on the way; nobody is a natural
born compiler writer :-)

Regards,
Martin