AIX vs standard unix

[Bob Shair]

karish at mindcraft.com (Chuck Karish) writes:


>Because xlf is NOT f77.  It is a completely different compiler.
>The BSD documentation describing f77 does not apply to xlf.  The
>BSD manuals describing their FORTRAN support libraries do not apply
>to xlf.  This is called `truth in labeling'.

My recommended solution is to add the following statement as
as /usr/bin/f77.
  echo "On this system the FORTRAN compiler is named 'xlf'."

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