When I follow that link - very s l o w it is I might add - I see: IBM® VS FORTRAN compiles FORTRAN code to generate efficient applications for the IBM z/OS® and IBM z/VM® platforms. It includes a compiler, a library and interactive debugging facilities.
Is it not supported? That might be odd. Also, the linking page commits the error of telling us IBM VS FORTRAN: Develop efficient applications for IBM Z® and z/VM® with IBM VS FORTRAN. Which jumbles the categories a little and makes me afraid to push that “talk to an expert” button. René. > On 10 Jan 2022, at 10:53, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > >> AFAIK, there is no officially supported Fortran (or Ada) compiler for z/OS > > "mainframe ¬= 'z/OS" > >> we had to port a Fortran to C transpiler. > > <https://www.ibm.com/products/fortran-compiler-family>? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 7:08 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS > > On 10/1/22 6:13 am, Seymour J Metz wrote: >>> he raison d'être of the mainframe is to run applications written in COBOL. >> What is FORTRAN, chopped liver? > > AFAIK, there is no officially supported Fortran (or Ada) compiler for > z/OS. When Rocket ported the R programming language to z/OS we had to > port a Fortran to C transpiler. Bringing back Fortran is another sweet > spot that a z/OS LLVM port will solve. > > >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of >> David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, January 7, 2022 11:16 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: ... Re: Top 8 Reasons for using Python instead of REXX for z/OS >> >> On 8/1/22 1:42 am, Tony Harminc wrote: >>> On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 11:45, Lionel B. Dyck<lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I've been following this thread and one thing that has yet to appear, or I >>>> missed it, has to do with 4GL's and the drive, at one point, for languages >>>> that were more human oriented - those that could be written more like a >>>> normal sentence or phrase, and avoid the technical >>>> jargon/gobblygook/syntax. As I recall in the 1980's there were a few but >>>> nothing came of them, instead we have languages that have their own >>>> syntax, and which require extensive learning but nothing that allows a >>>> non-programmer to actually generate a complex business program. >>> COBOL was supposed to be that, no? Managers could in theory at least >>> read (if not write) a COBOL program and understand what it does, >>> because it so (superficially) resembles English. >> It's interesting that no language since COBOL has ever tried to emulate >> the "english" syntax. It turns out that it was not actually a terribly >> good idea. Programmers preferred languages with more concise syntax. >> >> BTW, I'm not knocking COBOL. I'm a mainframe guy and I'm cognizant to >> the fact that the raison d'être of the mainframe is to run applications >> written in COBOL. PL/I programmers will disagree but COBOL is king. >> >> >>>> From my experience, REXX has many of the 4GL goals as the syntax isn't >>>> overly complex and is something a non-programmer can comprehend rather >>>> easily. As has been previously mentioned in this thread, REXX can be more >>>> readily learned and used than the majority of the current languages. It >>>> isn't perfect but it works very well. >>> Indeed. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
