Identify this function?
in [Fortran]
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From: rfengineer55 on 14 Jun 2010 11:00 On Jun 14, 2:35 am, glen herrmannsfeldt <g...(a)ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote: > rfengineer55 <rfenginee...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > I,m working on fortran program originally compiled for a VAX VMS that > > ahs an function listed that I wonder if you've ever heard of. My Intel > > comiler has never heard of it either :-) > > It's called Program_timer and has five variables; three integers, a > > Logical and a character string > > It seems that it is already commented out in the fcc.gov .zip file. > > That seems to indicate that we shouldn't worry about it. > > -- glen Hi Glen Yes, It confused me because it lacked the typical $ that the libray functions have. I don't have it in my library of FCC *.for programs, so maybe it is something experimental. More curiosity on my part than anything else. Thanks for looking :-) Jeff
From: rfengineer55 on 14 Jun 2010 11:04
On Jun 14, 1:50 am, Louis Krupp <lkrupp_nos...(a)indra.com.invalid> wrote: > On 6/13/2010 11:53 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: > > > rfengineer55<rfenginee...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > (snip) > > >> I don't have any information on it, and i'm curious what this function > >> does, exactly. My guess is that it's a library function included in > >> the VAX 11/780 VMS library. > > > Pretty much all the VMS system library functions have a $ in > > the name, so you won't miss them. Usually three letters, > > then the $, then the description of the specific routine. > > > Also, many take arguments by value, so there will be > > a lot of $VAL in such calls. > > I googled for sys$program_timer and lib$program_timer and didn't come up > with anything. > > If the mystery function is really not in the supplied source files, my > suggestion would be to look at what the calling code does with the > results, and unless it looks like something really important is > happening, comment out the calls, set the output variable(s) to > something appropriate and move on. > > Louis More curiosity than anything on my part. It's commented out in the original listing, so it's not doing anything. So the best that it can be is a learning opportunity. RF ENGINEER Jeff |