[Coco] OS-9 Fortran

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Leon

TSC marketed Fortran 77 for Flex09.  Oddly enough the source code is written in 
Pascal with the runtime libraries written in 6809 assembly. Using the Pascal 
Compiler for Flex09 you can create an F77 compiler that runs on Flex09. 

Yes, after learning Basic09, It made learing Fortran 77 so easy. There are a great  
number of similarities between the two. I like F77.

james 
On 10 May 2007 at 15:36, Leon Howell wrote:

> > There is reputed to have been a Fortran compiler for OS-9/6809? Has 
> > anyone ever seen or used it? Or is my imagination playing tricks on 
> > me again?
> 
> That would be interesting. I've never seen Fortran-09 advertized, but
> I've seen almost everything else, so keep looking. I suggest searching
> early 80's issues of The Rainbow, Forum 68, and M.O.T.D. Some of these
> are on Malted Media or TRS-80.com.
> 
> I've seen some Fortran listings in TRS-80 model 4 manuals, and they
> looked a lot like Basic-09. Basic-09 is also like Pascal, but if you
> have a Fortran program, and can't find Fortran-09, try Basic-09. It
> should be pretty close.
> 
> If you do find Fortran-09, please let us all know!
> 
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