From:	bpmurray*STUFFER*@socrates.cgl.ucsf.EDU (Bernard P. Murray, PhD)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP: the future is... ?
Date:	Fri, 26 Mar 1999 19:04:09 -0700
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In article <36FBE6A6 DOT D1407A64 AT cableol DOT co DOT uk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:

> Wow, thats interesting.  *my* comments and opinions below. 
> (Sorry about *big* mail)

> I think we might think about expanding the support for other languages
> and api's more, although a lot of the things have already been done.
> (i.e. mesa3d devel, the fortran part of the compiler, and the pascal,
> etc).

Wish 1.
I'll second a vote for a decent open-source Fortran compiler.
There are a lot of good legacy scientific applications
written primarily in Fortran.  These use common extensions
to the language that egcs, g77, f2c, yaf77 etc. can't cope
with.  When compiling these I've had no choice but to run them
on big boxes using commercial compilers.  A Linux or DJGPP
box would be powerful enough but there's no cheap/free
compiler.  I realise that this is not a nice showy project
but it would be helpful.

Wish 2.
DJGPP for the Mac.  Yes, I realise that this is highly
unlikely but I have to use a Mac at work and they will
not let me install Linux.  As far as I know there's no
standalone gcc port for the Mac (just Mac-Perl and
Mac-GAWK).

Wish 3.
A stable X-Windowing system-compatible GUI for DOS.

     ...actually, if you want to rest on your laurels,
DJGPP is mighty fine as it stands.
     Bernard
-- 
Bernard P. Murray, PhD
Dept. Cell. Mol. Pharmacol., UCSF, San Francisco, USA

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