XPost: comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++   
   From: chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/27/2026 7:22 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > "Chris M. Thomasson"  writes:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > To be fair dinkum about it, the company name was not derogatory.   
      
   :^)   
      
   Iirc, MSVC 6 seemed to have better C support than C++? God that was way   
   back in late 1990's early 2000's. That was back when I was using NT 4.0   
   and Solaris a lot.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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