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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4127 comp.os.linux.misc:29992 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!festival!chemeng.ed.ac.uk!eric From: eric@chemeng.ed.ac.uk (Eric S Fraga) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: FORTRAN compiler for Linux/FreeBSD ? Date: 18 Nov 1994 13:37:40 -0000 Organization: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3aian4$kac@teith.chemeng.ed.ac.uk> References: <3ad2t5$gr2@acmez.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: teith.chemeng.ed.ac.uk In article <3ad2t5$gr2@acmez.gatech.edu>, ccastco@prism.gatech.edu (Costas Malamas) writes: | [...] What I am looking for though, and is essential for |my work is a Fortran compiler (preferrably F77 compliant). Because I am gonna |be developing code, I dont wanna deal with workarounds like f2c; I am looking |for an actual compiler... [...] Just to clear up an obvious misconception, f2c is not a _workaround_; it is a full fledged compiler that just happens to use C as an intermediate back end language. This is not that strange: both cc and f77 on Sun's before they brought out their own compilers were frontends that translated to pcc which was then actually compiled. Many compilers do similar things. These days no compiler actually compiles directly to machine code. Anyway, I use my PC at home with Linux for "serious software development" which involves both Fortran and C. The Fortran compiler based on f2c is completely compatible with anything I have thrown at it, and I've thrown a great deal at it! It is efficient and seems to be completely bug free. On another note, NAG have recently announced that they will be releasing a version of their NAG F90 compiler for Linux. Anyway, don't disregard f2c as some kludge. eric -- ........oo...ooo..o..o.o...o.o....oooo..oo...o.....o.....ooo..o.............. Eric S Fraga, ECOSSE group, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Univ of Edinburgh phone: +44 (31) 650 5065/8565, eric.fraga@ed.ac.uk na.fraga@na-net.ornl.gov URL http://www.chemeng.ed.ac.uk/people/eric.html