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From: mhiroshi@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (H. Murakami)
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Subject: Re: Fortran for 386bsd?
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Date: 25 Feb 93 00:44:25 GMT
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In article <1993Feb23.013323.13277@nas.nasa.gov> bross@splatter.nas.nasa.gov (Bill Ross) writes:
>(probably can't afford the time to install/use f2c), is 386bsd
>likely to be stable enough?  Or any other PC Unix?

	Unfortunary NOT. There seems to be great error in the
	virtual memory and swapping mechanizms.

	Fortran by f2c or gnu fortran which will soon to be released
	will do as long as you do not make paging a lot.
	But who knows the answer is correct.
	Please do not design bridge or nuclear power plant
	on the 386bsd.

		Hiroshi Murakami
		mhiroshi@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp