RE: [R-downunder] Macintosh/ Fortran 77

Dear Bill,

Part of it is me having a perverse
attachment to a language I learnt
as an undegraduate in 1982.

But the main reason is that I thought
this was the only version of Fortran
that could be integrated into R.
This come out of discussions I had
with Robert (with an "R") Gentleman
only about 2 years ago; e.g.
Fortran 90 code is no good re R.

Best regards,
Matt

• Original message ----
  >Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:19:32 +1000
  >From: <Bill.Venables_at_csiro.au>
  >Subject: RE: [R-downunder] Macintosh/ Fortran 77
  >To: <berwin_at_maths.uwa.edu.au>,<mwand_at_uow.edu.au>
  >Cc: <r-downunder_at_stat.auckland.ac.nz>
  >
  >I'm curious about the request being so specific for Fortran 77. It's
  >been a long while since I drifted away from Fortran, but my
  >understnading was that backward compatibility was a strong (some would
  >say strongly limiting) feature of Fortran, right up until Fortran 2003
  >(or 2008?)
  >
  >Bill.
  >
  >
  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: r-downunder-bounces_at_stat.auckland.ac.nz
  >[mailto:r-downunder-bounces_at_stat.auckland.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Berwin A
  >Turlach
  >Sent: Thursday, 29 May 2008 3:23 PM
  >To: Matt Wand
  >Cc: r-downunder_at_stat.auckland.ac.nz
  >Subject: Re: [R-downunder] Macintosh/ Fortran 77
  >
  >G'day Matt,
  >
  >On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:36:45 +1000
  >Matt Wand <mwand_at_uow.edu.au> wrote:
  >
  >> After years of making R packages
  >> involving Fortran 77 coding on
  >> a Linux or Unix server, I now
  >> work on a Macintosh laptop.
  >>
  >> Is there anyone out there with
  >> experience in the creation of
  >> Fortran 77-based R packages on
  >> Macintosh computers?
  >
  >Sorry, no direct experience either, but I note that the FAQ for MacOS X
  >has some information on what is needed to install R on a Macintosh,
  >including information on Fortran 77 compilers:
  >
  > http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html
  >
  >There is also a specific mailing-list for R users on MacOS X:
  >
  >R-SIG-Mac R Special Interest Group on Mac Development
  >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
  >
  >The archives of that mailing list might be helpful.
  >
  >HTH.
  >
  >Cheers,
  >
  > Berwin
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