Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!pacbell!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!IDUI1.BITNET!MARTYZ From: MARTYZ@IDUI1.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: BITNET mail follows Message-ID:Date: 2 Jun 88 15:12:52 GMT Article-I.D.: andrew.Added.sWdKx_y00Ui3E7R08k Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 X-Unparsable-Date: 2 Jun 88 08:04 PAC ============================================================================== Date: Thursday 2 Jun 1988 07:44:36 To: Info-Dec-Micro Subj: Compilers for the Rainbow From: Marty Zimmerman John D. Proctor asked about compilers: I just read the query about FORTRAN and C compilers in the Info-Dec-Micro digest. The command-line version of Borland's Turbo C works fine on the Rainbow. None of the graphics libraries work, of course, but I found that they were easy to avoid for most programming tasks. Microsoft FORTRAN will also work on the Rainbow, but I don't have any experience with any of their competition. One thing I know for sure: Microsoft FORTRAN is very slow to compile and link. Both are probably only available on IBM-format, double- sided diskettes. The newest version of FORTRAN comes with Code-View, which will probably not work on the Rainbow. Marty Zimmerman University of Idaho Disclaimer: I'm not trying to sell any of the above products, and I am certainly not selling Rainbows: I just use mine as a paper-weight on the desk where I keep my PC-Clone. There would be a smiley face here if it wasn't such an EXPENSIVE paper-weight! :-(