Six inches thick! musta been runnin' some paltry code :-)). Ahh.. the grand old days (late 1970s),,, I was in grad school working in an ecosystem modeling group. We ran, and re-ran and re-ran (usually a keypuch error!) a FORTRAN IV program which simulated all the interactions in a large northeast US estuary....three boxes of cards worth! took about 40 minutes to read the stack.
This is in a room not much larger than a good-sized bathroom, with a tty console (talking to the main frame on another campus), three keypuch machines, and high speed printer...all going non-stop, 12 hours a day. No wonder I have a hearing loss! Terry Smith Cape Cod USA On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 10:38, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Monday 17 February 2003 03:48 am, civileme wrote: > > On Sunday 16 February 2003 11:53 pm, laura wrote: > > > I'm new in Linux. Before asking, I tried to use g77 or f77, but I don't > > > have them on the computer. I have the gcc installed and I can compile C > > > programs without problems, but I can't compile Fortran programs. I only > > > wanted to know where I can find this compiler. > > > > > > Laura. > > > > <big snip> > > I grew up with Fortran, back in the days when there were compilers such as > > Fortran-IV, Fortran-G, Fortran-H, Fortran-IV with Watfor and WatFIV... It > > is still an interesting compiler and language, but these days I use almost > > exclusively Python because I am a baaaad habit programmer and I need > > something that forces me to code cleanly and clearly, even at the expense > > of features. > > > > > > If that isn't enough > > Ooh, fortran IV, nostalgia hits the brain, the good old days of punch cards > and sorters. Never , ever drop a stack of cards 6 inches thick. Can ruin your > whole day. Hehehe > -- > Dennis M. linux user #180842 > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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