Subject:	Re: G77 vs. F2C under DJGPP ?
To:	raraki AT human DOT waseda DOT ac DOT jp (Ryuichiro Araki)
Date:	Wed, 22 Feb 1995 20:55:34 +0100 (MET)
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (user alias)
From:	Christoph Kukulies <kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Reply-To:	Christoph Kukulies <kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>

> 
> >>>>> Jon == Jon Nash <Tesla AT Lamar DOT ColoState DOT EDU> writes:
> 
> > I saw the announcement that G77 is in beta now.  I was wondering, is anyone
> > thinking of compiling this with DJGPP?  Would the individual who is 
> > keeping us up-to-date with f2c (sorry I forgot your name... thanks!) be 
> > willing to keep us up to date with G77 also?
> 
> Yes.  I've already downloaded g77-0.5.8.tar.gz from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu,
> and am planning to do that.  But it's more difficult work because of complex 
> installation procedures of g77 as compared with those of f2c (particularly,
> dependence of g77 upon sources of gcc-2.6.2/2.6.3 seems a nuisance upon djgpp
> environment, although I haven't fully examined yet...)
> 
> I'll try, anyway:-)  If somebody else has already started doing that, please 
> let me know.


I have downloaded as well, untarred on a unix machine and will try to 
get it working there first. I would be surprised if g77 would
be a better f77 than f2c (given the maturity of f2c) compared to the 
beta state of g77. I would expect more compact code though.


> 
>    ---
>    raraki(Ryuichiro Araki)
>    raraki AT human DOT waseda DOT ac DOT jp
> 

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