Software developments during 1988 are examined. Among them are: competition among various versions of Unix; the Mach operating system, in both Unix and non-Unix versions; efforts to standardize parallel Fortran; and supercompilers.<>
Keywords :
FORTRAN; operating systems (computers); program compilers; Mach operating system; Unix; parallel Fortran; software; supercompilers; Cloning; Concurrent computing; Explosions; Operating systems; Software standards; Software tools; Standards development; Sun; User interfaces; Workstations;