Re: Compaq Visual Fortran discontinued: upgrade to Intel Visual Fortran?


"Lynn McGuire" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> Yes, IVF 9 and MS Visual Studio 2003 are a good combo except for
> >> one item. MSVS 2003 and IVF do not support lookup of fortran symbols.
> >
> > Excuse my thick-headedness, but what does "lookup of fortran symbols"
mean?
>
> I am sorry, I meant to say that the source code browser in MSVS does not
> work with fortran symbols. That means that the right mouse click "go to
> definition" and "go to declaration" do not work for fortran variables and
> fortran subroutines/functions. Very painfull.

There are numerous reasons why IVF 9 and MS Visual Studio 2003/05 are NOT a
good combo, lookup of fortran symbols being least among them. This is
entirely due to intel ineptitude, Microsoft gave them all the latitude they
needed but they simply faltered, floundered, and failed. The duplicitous
intel automoton sees otherwise, but he's a mere corporate lackey paid to
decieve.

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Hrundi V.B.
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