16 Dec
2021
16 Dec
'21
11:56 p.m.
I'm late to the party here. Although I'm a gray hair, I didn't start using
UNIX until the early '80s, and though I've seen, and been curious about
efl, I've never used it. Fortran 4 was my first high-level language in
college in the '70s.
That said, I do remember efl being on an early PC based UNIX - Microport
SVR2. On later Microport UNIXen it was gone, but I can't remember whether
it disappeared on SVR3 or 4.
I currently play with 4.3BSD Quasijarus system on simh, which has efl. What
a fun system to play with! Maybe I'll give efl a try if I can find enough
docs to grok it.
Tom
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Tom Manos
KO4ENQ
On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 3:49 AM <arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
Hi TUHS folks!
After having reincarnated ratfor, I am wondering about Stuart Feldman's
efl (extended fortran language). It was a real compiler that let you
define structs, and generated more or less readable Fortran code.
I have the impression that it was pretty cool, but that it just didn't
catch on. So:
- Did anyone here ever use it personally?
- Is my impression that it didn't catch on correct? Or am I ignorant?
Thoughts etc. welcome. :-)
Thanks,
Arnold