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My Mission Statement
Watcom has been Open source 2 years now and quiet
literally NOTHING has been done on the ForTran part as far as bringing
the ForTran Compiler up to Current Standards. I see a need to
start helping.
1) To maintain Open Watcom ForTran
(WatFor) compatibility with all existing Watcom Source Code.
2) To update Open Watcom to ForTran 90,
ForTran 95, and ForTran 2003 (F90/F95/F02) Standards.
3) To make Open Watcom ForTran the
ForTran compiler "of choice", on all supported OS's.
4) To help enhance Open Watcom C/C++
Make Open Watcom
the Platform "of choice" for development.
I don't call myself a ForTran Programmer, but I have
many years of C
and a few years of C++. Some Assembler (6800, 6502/10, 80x86). If
you want to know my background, please look at My "Not Up
To Date" Resume`. I currently work at SilverLeaf Electronics Inc.
and do Phone Support, Programming in 8051 Embedded C, 80x86 Embedded C
and C++, and Testing of our products. I also
do COBOL.
Traditionally, Fortran was spelled ForTran, or
FORTRAN, and the original
Watcom compiler was just
ForTran and called WatFor, I hold on to the spelling of ForTran and
WatFor, for nostalgic reasons.
For a little history on WatFor, please see this link
at University of
Waterloo in Ontario, Canada