Re: Intel Visual Fortran

boliset@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi All:
I am a Compaq Visual FORTRAN user. I am trying to set up a new
computers and looking for information on the state of the art on the
compilers.

Can someone write their recommendations for FORTRAN compilers for (i)
XP and (ii) Linux platforms?

There are various criteria on which compilers can be compared. Which of
the following are important to you?
(1) price
(2) integrated development environment
(3) ability to create programs with graphical user interfaces
(4) support for Fortran 2003 features
(5) support for particular extensions of old Fortran compilers
(6) speed of executables
(7) availability of debugging options
(8) technical support

Fortran compilers are compared at http://www.polyhedron.com/pb05.html .

G95 is a good, free Fortran 95 compiler available on many platforms. It
is now the main compiler I use. The "technical support" is good but
unofficial -- the primary developer usually fixes reported problems
quickly, and there is a newsgroup gg95
http://groups.google.com/group/gg95 . You could also try gfortran -- it
works on some of my codes, fails on others.

It's good to test code with more than one compiler.

.

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