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From: khb@road.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Languages Marketing -- MTS)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Scope of intrinsics
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Date: 16 Aug 89 06:40:11 GMT
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In article <603@mbph.UUCP> hybl@mbph.UUCP (Albert Hybl  Dept of Biophysics  SM) writes:
>
>A STANDARD CONFORMING FORTRAN compiler should NOT be released
>without first passing a suite of validation tests.  Who should

The majority of commerical fortran compilers do pass the FIPS ordained
validation suite (FCVS). You can complain that it is not sufficiently
well written to really ensure compliance with the standard, but you
cannot reasonably claim that there are a dearth of validated compilers
(nor that there isn't a validation process). Because FCVS is a FIPS
this GSA certification is required for most government contracts, and
folks who plan to do anything even faintly related to government work.



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