GNU Fortran 95 (Was: Re: [PLUG] WINE Question)

[Tyler F. Creelan]

> Of course, g77 follows the 1977 Fortran standard instead of the
> 1990 or one of the enhanced 1990 standards.  I sort of feel
> bad that I've never had a chance to use a more modern Fortran.

FYI, there's a GNU Fortran '90/95 compiler in the works:

http://g95.sourceforge.net/

Also, Digital's Fortran 90 compiler for Linux Alpha is free for
non-commericial use:

http://www.compaq.com/fortran/

Tyler


> On 20 Sep 2002, Russell Senior wrote:
>
> ...
> >
> > David> MS Fortran!!  This was Micro Soft's somewhat successful attempt
> > David> to kill a great language....
> >
> > Heh, yeah.  Not my choice...
>
> Fortran is a fine language.  My compliant is MS Fortran.  Actually,
> back when I was doing lots of Fortran I never found a good Fortran
> for small computers.  MS Fortran was buggy.  However, all the
> Fortrans I used on small computers (those running DOS, Windows, or
> Apple OS) were slow, slow, slow; and Fortran isn't very useful unless
> it executes numerical code fast.
>
> I used g77 on my last Fortran project (That was 4 or 5 years ago).
> This was a port of 300+ programs from Primos to AIX and Linux.
> I didn't have time to do much bench marking, but the resulting
> code seemed ok.  It felt more like a mainframe or workstation Fortran
> than one of those baby Fortrans they built for small computers.
>
> Of course, g77 follows the 1977 Fortran standard instead of the
> 1990 or one of the enhanced 1990 standards.  I sort of feel
> bad that I've never had a chance to use a more modern Fortran.
> Instead, mostly I've used C for that type of work.
>
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