My name is Igor Mikolic-Torreira and I can be reached at
igormt@alumni.caltech.edu.
Mac F2C is freeware. This means that AT&T and I maintain our copyrights on it, but allow you to use it freely. You may also distribute it freely so long as you distribute the whole package with all the documentation and supporting materials.
Please do not post incomplete copies of Mac F2C on public bulletin boards, AOL, etc. It’s very hard to use Mac F2C without the instructions and it becomes a real headache for me when users of these incomplete packages complain to me.
If you find Mac F2C useful, please drop me a note. If you really think it
is the most useful thing in the whole world and worth its weight in gold,
please donate that amount of gold to your favorite charity.
The latest version of Mac F2C (and betas of unreleased versions) can be obtained at ftp://alumni.caltech.edu/pub/Mac_F2C. A current bug list (with work arounds) is also kept in this directory.
I have started to keep a mailing list which I will use to distribute Mac F2C related information such as bug alerts, patches, and new versions. If you wish to be added to this mailing list, please send me an email. Also let me know if you are interested in being a beta-tester for future versions of Mac F2C.
The F2C for MPW package (which is integrated into Mac F2C v1.3) was developed by Kris L. Jorgensen. It is also distributed as freeware, although Kris and AT&T maintain their copyrights on it. You can contact Kris at kris@ecn.purdue.edu.
Bug Reports
If you find any bugs or would like to request a particular feature, let me know. I will try to fix interface bugs or at least provide work-arounds promptly. I will forward compiler bugs to AT&T. If you believe you have a code generation bug, please send me a sample of the FORTRAN code that produces the problem together with the C output and your Symantec, THINK, or CodeWarrior project file(s). If you can create a minimal example, that’s even better and you will earn my eternal gratitude. Before sending me a bug report, please read “Mac F2C Known Bugs” as Mac F2C has some problems that I am quite aware of. If your translated programs compile without errors but don’t run, take a look at the file “When Mac F2C Code Won’t Run…” for information on the most common problem with translated code and how to fix it.
You can send comments and questions on any part of the Mac F2C package to me. I can provide CodeWarrior C/C++, Symantec C/C++, and THINK C/C++ support. However, Dirk Fröhling (who contributed all of the CodeWarrior support files used in this version of Mac F2C) has a lot more experience with CodeWarrior than I do. He has graciously allowed me to distribute his email address. You can send questions or comments on Mac F2C’s CodeWarrior support directly to Dirk at dirk@gaga.maschinenbau.uni-dortmund.de.
Please note that I do not use MPW. If you have any questions about the F2C for MPW package, you can ask me, but I'll just forward your questions to Kris L. Jorgensen (the creator of F2C for MPW). Feel free to contact Kris directly at kris@ecn.purdue.edu.
