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From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
To: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Why does GDB currently still supports only the features of Fortran 77 language?
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2022 09:23:27 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGP6PO+EztyTuApKckh6uz3Yt5kDXfLt_3-sNMf0j_Ox06ar_A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Nowadays, it is well known that Fortran 77 is a rather archaic and
outdated Language, and it has been replicated by more modern Fortran
versions, such as
Fortran 90/95/2003/2008, and so on.

But in the documentation corresponding to the latest version of GDB
[1], I noticed the following description, which surprised me quite a
lot:

```
15.4.6 Fortran

GDB can be used to debug programs written in Fortran, but it currently
supports only the features of Fortran 77 language.
```

Today in the 21st century, why does GDB currently still supports only
the features of Fortran 77 language?

[1] https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Fortran.html#Fortran

Best regards
-- 
Assoc. Prof. Hongsheng Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
No. 473, Quannan West Street, Xindu District, Xingtai, Hebei province

             reply	other threads:[~2022-04-09  1:23 UTC|newest]

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2022-04-09  1:23 Hongyi Zhao [this message]
2022-04-11  9:00 ` Kempke, Nils-Christian

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