F95 supports F77 too, right? (was Re: GCC 4.0 vs. 3.5

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 09:46:31AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Geert Bosch wrote:
> >The reality is that many things change. New languages are added
> >(Fortran 95), others are dropped (Fortran 77, maybe Ada temporarily).
> 
> I was under the impression that the new Fortran compiler was fully functional
> as a Fortran 77 compiler, or at least that it was supposed to be before
> g77 was removed from the tree.  Was I mistaken?

Disclaimer: I know very little Fortran and very little about Fortran. 
I just play a mailing list junkie on TV.

There's a difference between fully functional Fortran 77 compiler and a
fully functional g77 replacement; Fortran 77 appears to be a frequently
extended language.  I believe that g95 is planned to support Fortran
77, but not necessarily all of the other gunk supported by g77.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer