Apr 29, 1995

GNU Fortran compiler g77 is in beta version out for testing.
This is a g77 binary (a.out) of the latest version
(as of Apr 29, 1995) - 0.5.14. This g77 is distributed with modified 
gcc 2.6.3 compiler also in binary (a.out) format. Both were copiled
with "-O3 -m486" flags. In order to use g77 you must make
sure that it finds this version of gcc before any other gcc
you may have installed on your system. 

To install g77 become a root and go to "/" (root) directory 
and enter your favorite uncompress/untar command ( tar xvzf ).
The g77+gcc distribution is installed in /usr/local directory
so it won't override any other gcc distribution you might have.
However, as I mentioned above, g77 must find "this" version
of gcc in order to work properly. So you might want either
to rename the other gcc ( such as acc ) or put it in PATH
after "this" gcc. I have tested this modified 2.6.3 gcc
(compiled kernel 1.2.5) and it looks OK. However, I don't
want to be responsible for any problems anyone might have
so please, use caution while playing with things.

There is also a static version of libf2c.a included along
with f2c.h file. If you don't have any f2c library installed
on your system, g77 will automatically link with this one.
Howover, you might want to use dynamic version of libf2c
that its been around for some time now. I have libf2c.so.0.11
and it works just fine. You might also want to test that
anyhow. 

Please, test the g77 thoroughly and send any bugs reports
and other suggestions to:

	fortran@gnu.ai.mit.edu

or to the autor:

	burley@gnu.ai.mit.edu

or post in the newsgroup:

	comp.lang.fortran

This will help to develop g77.
Any other info on g77 you may get by:

	finger -l fortran@gate.gnu.ai.mit.edu

Regards,

-Pawel Potocki

(ppotocki@panix.com).