Re: Fortran H, was Bootstraping compilers ?

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Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:15:42 -0400

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From: "Comp.compilers" <compilers-request@iecc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:15:42 -0400
Organization: Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
References: 08-04-059 08-04-078 08-04-081 08-04-088
Keywords: Fortran, history
Posted-Date: 23 Apr 2008 21:15:22 EDT

> >[I found the source, but how do you extract it from an awstape virtual
> >9-track tape? -John]


Someone sent me an extracted version, so I did some grepping and line
counting. It turns out the Fortran H source is about 45,000 lines of
extended Fortran and 15,000 lines of assembler. That's pretty small
considering what a sophisticated compiler it was.


Regards,
John Levine, comp.compilers moderator,
johnl@iecc.com, http://compilers.iecc.com


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