Re: 'fc' program and autoconf

[Steven G. Johnson]

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > 2) Remove 'fc' from the list of names checked, letting the user specify 
> > it manually with F77=fc if necessary.  (fc was in the "historical" 
> > autoconf 2.13 list, if I remember correctly.  I've never actually seen a 
> > program of this name myself.  Anyone?)
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I think the fc Fortran compiler is long
> dead, so I installed this patch.

Perhaps I spoke too soon?  It turns out that 'fc' is the name of the
(native) Fortran compiler by Convex (now HP) on the HP Exemplar SPP.

http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Consulting/FAQ/Exemplar/ProgLibSoft/convex/
http://www.scripps.edu/rc/Spp/spp_compiler.html

I suppose one could argue that ksh is more common than HP Exemplars, but I
feel a bit guilty at taking the easy way out.

Steven