XPost: comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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