Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:03:22 +0200
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From:	Torsten DOT Porwol AT RUBA DOT RZ DOT RUHR-UNI-BOCHUM DOT DE
Subject:	f2c announcement
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                                                         August 19, 1992

                     TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

A DJGPP implementation of the f2c program written by S. I. Feldman,
David M. Gay, Mark W. Maimome and N. L. Schryer has been uploaded to
'128.153.28.12'. The file tpf2c100.zip can be found in the
directory: /pub/msdos/djgpp

f2c is a program that translates FORTRAN 77 into C or C++. f2c lets one
portable mix C and FORTRAN and makes a large body of well-tested FORTRAN
source code avaible to C environments.

What does tpf2c100 include ?

-  It includes the modified source codes of the FORTRAN-to-C Converter, an
   executable (f2c.exe), the modified source codes of the FORTRAN instrinsic
   functions along with built libraries which are ready to use.

In order to unpack the files do not forget the -d option or you will
find everything in the same directory.

Which features of f2c are missing in tpf2c100 ?

-  At present f2c is not able to handle wild cards.
-  I forgot to include a copy the article by  S. I. Feldman,
   David M. Gay, Mark W. Maimome and N. L. Schryer:
   'A Fortran-to-C Converter'
   (Computing Science Technical Report No. 149) Last updated May 24, 1992
   +  However, it can be obtained in machine readable form (PostScript)
      from netlib  (netlib AT att DOT research DOT com).

The current implementation of f2c (tpf2c100) has been tested with a large
amount of quantum mechanical programs. Nevertheless if you should find any
bugs which I put into the code, send me a note. Assuming the bugs are in the
original version of f2c please inform the authors at AT&T Bell Lab. as well.

The code generated be f2c and gcc is excellent if you use the
               -O2 -m486 -funroll-loops
options.

Hopefully the programs are usefull for you,

Torsten Porwol

PS: - People to whom I sent f2c on floppies should upload tpf2c100 because the
      current version includes a couple of bug fixes.
    - My office and email address will change in the near future.
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