Compilers are now usually optoinal software packages.
This chapter briefly describes how to compile C and FORTRAN programs on most workstations. Other systems are similar, but differences occur.
On most RISC-based workstations, such as the Sun SPARCstation series, the Silicon Graphics 4D series, the Digital Equipment DECstation series and the IBM RS/6000 series, there is no floating point option for the compilers, since all workstations include a floating point unit.