need compiler and tutorials for old languages

[flynnwallace]

I am currently taking Programming Languages class in college and need some info fast. I have to rewrite a c++ program in fortran, pascal and qbasic and I need to know where can I find good tutorials on these languages as well as compilers. I have heard there are a few that work with gcc but which ones. Thanks in advance.

[bwkaz]

gcc-f77 is a Fortran-77 compiler for gcc.

There is probably a gcc-XXXXX module for Pascal, but I don't know what it's called.

QBasic just sucks. Believe me, I've used it. And that's why there aren't any (well... as far as I know) qbasic modules for gcc. It's also interpreted (just like any BASIC), so that might be part of it.

If you can get dosemu to work, you might be able to run DOS's qbasic in Linux. But dosemu might be too much of a project for this.

Does Google (http://www.google.com/) help at all?

[wolfman8k]

Originally posted by bwkaz:
<STRONG>QBasic just sucks.</STRONG>

What the **** are you talking about????

[wolfman8k]

woah, what's with the cencorship?

[bwkaz]

Originally posted by wolfman8k:
<STRONG>woah, what's with the cencorship?</STRONG>

The censorship is part of what you agreed to do when you signed up. Or didn't you read the AUP?

Anyway, yes, QBasic sucks. That's why I no longer use it. Sure, it was cool if you only wanted 640x480, 16 colors, and weren't doing anything that remotely required speed, but as soon as I got past making Space Invaders and text adventure games, it got waaaaaayy too restrictive. And waaaaaayy too slow.

Sorry if you like it, but as you can probably tell, I don't. Which is why I was happy when our high school decided to go to C++ instead, but that's a different story.

[flynnwallace]

Thanks for the help guys.