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Steven G. Johnson | 18 Aug 2002 03:12
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Re: 'fc' program and autoconf

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > 2) Remove 'fc' from the list of names checked, letting the user specify 
> > it manually with F77=fc if necessary.  (fc was in the "historical" 
> > autoconf 2.13 list, if I remember correctly.  I've never actually seen a 
> > program of this name myself.  Anyone?)
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I think the fc Fortran compiler is long
> dead, so I installed this patch.

Perhaps I spoke too soon?  It turns out that 'fc' is the name of the
(native) Fortran compiler by Convex (now HP) on the HP Exemplar SPP.

http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Consulting/FAQ/Exemplar/ProgLibSoft/convex/
http://www.scripps.edu/rc/Spp/spp_compiler.html

I suppose one could argue that ksh is more common than HP Exemplars, but I
feel a bit guilty at taking the easy way out.

Steven
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Paul Eggert | 18 Aug 2002 03:31

Re: 'fc' program and autoconf

> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:12:33 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Steven G. Johnson" <stevenj <at> ab-initio.mit.edu>

> > Thanks for the suggestion.  I think the fc Fortran compiler is long
> > dead, so I installed this patch.
> 
> Perhaps I spoke too soon?  It turns out that 'fc' is the name of the
> (native) Fortran compiler by Convex (now HP) on the HP Exemplar SPP.

If that's the only fc we have to worry about, we should be OK.  The
Convex Exemplar is obsolete, and other than a hobbyist picking one up
at a salvage auction I don't think we'll ever run into anyone actually
booting one.  (Next you'll be finding old copies of manuals for the
Kendall Square KSR-1.  :-)

In the unlikely case that someone still actually uses such a beast,
they'll almost certainly have HP's Fortran as well (called "f77"), and
since f77 preceded fc in the list we can safely omit the fc.
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Paul Eggert | 18 Aug 2002 03:31

Re: 'fc' program and autoconf

> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:12:33 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Steven G. Johnson" <stevenj <at> ab-initio.mit.edu>

> > Thanks for the suggestion.  I think the fc Fortran compiler is long
> > dead, so I installed this patch.
> 
> Perhaps I spoke too soon?  It turns out that 'fc' is the name of the
> (native) Fortran compiler by Convex (now HP) on the HP Exemplar SPP.

If that's the only fc we have to worry about, we should be OK.  The
Convex Exemplar is obsolete, and other than a hobbyist picking one up
at a salvage auction I don't think we'll ever run into anyone actually
booting one.  (Next you'll be finding old copies of manuals for the
Kendall Square KSR-1.  :-)

In the unlikely case that someone still actually uses such a beast,
they'll almost certainly have HP's Fortran as well (called "f77"), and
since f77 preceded fc in the list we can safely omit the fc.
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John W. Eaton | 18 Aug 2002 03:51
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Re: 'fc' program and autoconf

On 17-Aug-2002, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> twinsun.com> wrote:

| > Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:12:33 -0400 (EDT)
| > From: "Steven G. Johnson" <stevenj <at> ab-initio.mit.edu>
| 
| > > Thanks for the suggestion.  I think the fc Fortran compiler is long
| > > dead, so I installed this patch.
| > 
| > Perhaps I spoke too soon?  It turns out that 'fc' is the name of the
| > (native) Fortran compiler by Convex (now HP) on the HP Exemplar SPP.
| 
| If that's the only fc we have to worry about, we should be OK.  The
| Convex Exemplar is obsolete, and other than a hobbyist picking one up
| at a salvage auction I don't think we'll ever run into anyone actually
| booting one.  (Next you'll be finding old copies of manuals for the
| Kendall Square KSR-1.  :-)
| 
| In the unlikely case that someone still actually uses such a beast,
| they'll almost certainly have HP's Fortran as well (called "f77"), and
| since f77 preceded fc in the list we can safely omit the fc.

I'd guess that the only reason that fc is in the list at all is
because when I wrote the original configure code for Octave, I had
access to a Convex system (C-110 or something?) at the UT Center for
High Performance Computing, and for some reason, I knew that "fc" was
the name of the compiler.  I remember thinking back then that there
might be some conflict with the bash fc builtin, and I don't recall
actually ever building Octave on the Convex, but I left fc in the list
anyway.  I supposed I'd vote to remove it too.
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John W. Eaton | 18 Aug 2002 03:51
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Re: 'fc' program and autoconf

On 17-Aug-2002, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> twinsun.com> wrote:

| > Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:12:33 -0400 (EDT)
| > From: "Steven G. Johnson" <stevenj <at> ab-initio.mit.edu>
| 
| > > Thanks for the suggestion.  I think the fc Fortran compiler is long
| > > dead, so I installed this patch.
| > 
| > Perhaps I spoke too soon?  It turns out that 'fc' is the name of the
| > (native) Fortran compiler by Convex (now HP) on the HP Exemplar SPP.
| 
| If that's the only fc we have to worry about, we should be OK.  The
| Convex Exemplar is obsolete, and other than a hobbyist picking one up
| at a salvage auction I don't think we'll ever run into anyone actually
| booting one.  (Next you'll be finding old copies of manuals for the
| Kendall Square KSR-1.  :-)
| 
| In the unlikely case that someone still actually uses such a beast,
| they'll almost certainly have HP's Fortran as well (called "f77"), and
| since f77 preceded fc in the list we can safely omit the fc.

I'd guess that the only reason that fc is in the list at all is
because when I wrote the original configure code for Octave, I had
access to a Convex system (C-110 or something?) at the UT Center for
High Performance Computing, and for some reason, I knew that "fc" was
the name of the compiler.  I remember thinking back then that there
might be some conflict with the bash fc builtin, and I don't recall
actually ever building Octave on the Convex, but I left fc in the list
anyway.  I supposed I'd vote to remove it too.
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