2026-05-13 08:00 UTC
The f2c program helped me to compile FORTRAN 77 programs on #Linux in the early days when Linux didn't yet have a FORTRAN compiler
https://www.both.org/?p=14140
I should try to compile f2c on FreeDOS sometime. We don't really need it, thanks to Open Watcom FORTRAN, but it would be an interesting throwback experiment to compile #FORTRAN programs with just a C compiler
For added #retro fun:
I wonder if BCC will support f2c? 🤔
Replies (3)
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@alexziemianski@mstdn.ca 2026-05-13 08:22
@freedosproject@fosstodon.org I remember Watfor 77 came on floppies , my old text doesn't have a copy though.
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@alexziemianski@mstdn.ca 2026-05-13 08:24
@freedosproject@fosstodon.org I remember this disk though.. Watcom WATFOR-77 (Fortran) v3.x : Watcom International Corp. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive https://share.google/ae9y9LnC5tfZka863
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@reflex@retrogaming.social 2026-05-13 14:45
@freedosproject@fosstodon.org Quick question: Is FreeDOS AI free or are you accepting LLM contributions?