Hello
	I've asked the NAG people about a Net/FreeBSD port of their
f90 compiler (they have a port for Linux). Here is the answer. Can we
show them enough interest in such a product?

Pedro

Robert Iles said:
> From bob@num-alg-grp.co.uk Mon Nov 21 11:23:06 1994
> From: Robert Iles <bob@num-alg-grp.co.uk>
> Message-Id: <3111.9411211430@sedi6.nag.co.uk>
> Subject: f90 for freeBSD
> To: vazquez <vazquez@iqm.unicamp.br>
> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 14:30:29 +0000 (GMT)
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Length: 1177
> 
> Hi
> 
> Thank you both for contacting us regarding an implementation of
> NAGWare f90 for freeBSD/netBSD.
> 
> We are not currently doing an implementation for this environment as,
> to date, we had received no requests for one - however, the fact that
> we have received two requests for information in one weekend is
> interesting.
> 
> As I'm sure you can imagine, we have a wide range of implementations
> of the NAGWare f90 compiler to maintain - so in order to undertake a
> new one we need to ensure that there will be an adequate market to
> make it viable.
> 
> Could you say if there would be much interest in a freeBSD version of
> a Fortran 90 compiler? Or perhaps could you find out through the
> newsgroup or other contacts and let us know, we have no current
> contacts in the freeBSD community.
> 
> Thanks agin and I look forward to hearing from you, regards
> 
> Robert
> -- 
> Robert M J Iles                           /V\   bob@nag.co.uk
> Manager, Software Environments Division   o_o   http://www.nag.co.uk:70/
> The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited   =( )=  NAG Ltd
> Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill               U    Fax: +44 1865 311205
> Oxford, UK, OX2 8DR                             Tel: +44 1865 511245
> 
>