XPost: comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++   
   From: chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/26/2026 11:46 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   > On 1/27/2026 12:45 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >> Lawrence D’Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   >>> On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:47:33 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> There is a story where he wrote a Fortran compiler, which failed   
   >>>> tests and was therefore not accepted, and he refused to fix the   
   >>>> bugs.   
   >>>   
   >>> Who was dumb enough to buy that?   
   >>   
   >> They didn't, it was not accepted.   
   >>   
   >> Unfortunately, the story itself seems to have vanished from the   
   >> Internet, or at least I cannot find it with Google any more.   
   >   
   > If I remember correctly, Microsoft licensed somebody else's Fortran 90   
   > compiler and relabeled it.   
      
   Kind of reminded me of, god what was that C++ std lib they licensed for   
   msvc 6.0. Damn I cannot remember the name right now... search...   
   Dinkumware! Ahhh.   
      
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