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==Description==
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[[Microsoft]] '''FORTRAN 4.1''' was introduced in spring 1988. This FORTRAN 77 compiler supported both 16 bit OS/2 and DOS application generation.
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A [[FORTRAN-77]] compiler by the [[Microsoft]] Corporation that was originally delivered for [[DOS]] but later also supported OS/2, [[Xenix]] and in a more limited fashion [[MS Windows]] 3.x.
  
Released in Summer 1989 '''FORTRAN 5.0''' supports now creating applications for the [[Presentation Manager]].  
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==History==
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[[Image:Msfortran5.jpg|right]]
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Initially based on an older [[CP/M]] FORTRAN implementation by the same company the original DOS compiler was quite popular in the mid 80s until faster and more complete implementations such as the [[Watcom]] F77 compilers started to replace it in the marketplace.
  
'''FORTRAN 5.1''' introduced a year later shipped with some limited Windows 3 support. In addition to the Fortran77 standard the compiler comes with some support for IBM VS FORTRAN and DEC VAX Fortran extensions . The company also supplied an optional IMSL Fortran Numerical Library.  
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The company introduced '''FORTRAN 4.1''' in the spring of 1988 and it was the first version of the toolkit to support both 16 bit OS/2 and DOS application generation, albeit in text mode only.
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'''FORTRAN 5.0''' was released in the summer of 1989 and it added the ability to create applications for the [[Presentation Manager]]. '''FORTRAN 5.1''' was introduced a year later shipped with some limited Windows 3 support. In addition to the Fortran77 standard the compiler comes with some support for IBM VS FORTRAN and DEC VAX Fortran extensions. The company also supplied an optional IMSL Fortran Numerical Library.
  
[[Image:Msfortran5.jpg|right]]
 
 
Note that by the time version 5.1 hit the ground Microsoft was no longer calling the product using the traditional all caps FORTRAN77 naming convention, but simply Microsoft Fortran 5.1. This product was discontinued in 1993.
 
Note that by the time version 5.1 hit the ground Microsoft was no longer calling the product using the traditional all caps FORTRAN77 naming convention, but simply Microsoft Fortran 5.1. This product was discontinued in 1993.
  
 
==Versions==
 
==Versions==
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;DOS
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* 1984: 3.2
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* 1985: 3.30
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* 1986: 3.31
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* Feb 1987: 4.0
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* Sep 1987: 4.01
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;XENIX
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* 1986: Microsoft FORTRAN 3.3
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* 1987: Microsoft FORTRAN 3.3.1
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[[Image:msimsl.jpg|right]]
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;DOS & OS/2
 
* 1988: Microsoft FORTRAN 4.1 (for OS/2 1.0)
 
* 1988: Microsoft FORTRAN 4.1 (for OS/2 1.0)
 
* 1989: Microsoft FORTRAN 5.0 (for OS/2 1.1, DOS 3.0)
 
* 1989: Microsoft FORTRAN 5.0 (for OS/2 1.1, DOS 3.0)
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* 1991: Microsoft IMSL for Fortran 5.1
 
* 1991: Microsoft IMSL for Fortran 5.1
  
[[Image:msimsl.jpg|right]]
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====Known issues====
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As with other Microsoft tools that support both OS/2 and DOS environments you may run into problems if you try to use those tools on [[Microsoft Windows]] systems that support the running of OS/2 1.x programs (Windows NT and 2000), as the system tries to run the DOS executable as an OS/2 program and fails. Either make sure that only the DOS executables are installed or if they are already installed or you migrated the install by hand, precede every command with the FORCEDOS command.
  
==License==
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==Publications==
* Discontinued Software
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* Paul M. Chirlian: ''Microsoft FORTRAN'', Dilithium Press 1981, ISBN 0-918398-46-0
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* Ribar: ''Fortran Programming for Windows'', Osborne McGraw-Hill 1993, ISBN 0-07-881908-3
  
==Author==
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==Weblinks==
* Microsoft Corporation
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* Microsoft KB article 27780: [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/27780 How FORTRAN Stores Two-Dimensional Arrays in Memory]
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* Microsoft KB article 67098: [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/67098 FIX: PAUSE Command with Input Redirection in FORTRAN]
  
[[Category:Tools]]
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[[Category:FORTRAN-77]][[Category:Microsoft Product]]

Revision as of 15:51, 24 July 2021

Microsoft FORTRAN
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Name Microsoft FORTRAN
Version 5.1 (1990)
Vendor Microsoft Corporation
Author
Licence Commercial
WWW

A FORTRAN-77 compiler by the Microsoft Corporation that was originally delivered for DOS but later also supported OS/2, Xenix and in a more limited fashion MS Windows 3.x.

History

Msfortran5.jpg

Initially based on an older CP/M FORTRAN implementation by the same company the original DOS compiler was quite popular in the mid 80s until faster and more complete implementations such as the Watcom F77 compilers started to replace it in the marketplace.

The company introduced FORTRAN 4.1 in the spring of 1988 and it was the first version of the toolkit to support both 16 bit OS/2 and DOS application generation, albeit in text mode only.

FORTRAN 5.0 was released in the summer of 1989 and it added the ability to create applications for the Presentation Manager. FORTRAN 5.1 was introduced a year later shipped with some limited Windows 3 support. In addition to the Fortran77 standard the compiler comes with some support for IBM VS FORTRAN and DEC VAX Fortran extensions. The company also supplied an optional IMSL Fortran Numerical Library.

Note that by the time version 5.1 hit the ground Microsoft was no longer calling the product using the traditional all caps FORTRAN77 naming convention, but simply Microsoft Fortran 5.1. This product was discontinued in 1993.

Versions

DOS
  • 1984: 3.2
  • 1985: 3.30
  • 1986: 3.31
  • Feb 1987: 4.0
  • Sep 1987: 4.01
XENIX
  • 1986: Microsoft FORTRAN 3.3
  • 1987: Microsoft FORTRAN 3.3.1
Msimsl.jpg
DOS & OS/2
  • 1988: Microsoft FORTRAN 4.1 (for OS/2 1.0)
  • 1989: Microsoft FORTRAN 5.0 (for OS/2 1.1, DOS 3.0)
  • 1990: Microsoft FORTRAN 5.1
  • 1991: Microsoft IMSL for Fortran 5.1

Known issues

As with other Microsoft tools that support both OS/2 and DOS environments you may run into problems if you try to use those tools on Microsoft Windows systems that support the running of OS/2 1.x programs (Windows NT and 2000), as the system tries to run the DOS executable as an OS/2 program and fails. Either make sure that only the DOS executables are installed or if they are already installed or you migrated the install by hand, precede every command with the FORCEDOS command.

Publications

Weblinks