>Eric Christopherson wrote:
Is there a subset of this group for people who like to program in languages or language implementations or libraries that are no longer in common mainstream use? Or other groups for such a thing?
It may be possible that FORTRAN 77 under RT-11 on a PDP-11 qualifies as far as you are concerned. In addition to the standard library supplied by DEC, I also wrote a few multi-precision subroutines which handle unsigned integer values up ti 512-bits and mixed unsigned values with a 512-bit unsigned integer portion and a fractional portion of 512-bits. Quite recently, I have a requirement to square very large unsigned integers up to one billion bits which will require additional subroutines. Implementation will almost certainly be done under Ersatz-11 with the actual code using x86 instructions within PC memory using a DLL supported by Ersatz-11 running RT-11. Even then, it seems doubtful that the code will be fast enough in a 32-bit environment. Does this interest you? Jerome Fine
