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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!mel.dit.csiro.au!atmos!jbj From: jbj@atmos.dar.csiro.au (JENSEN Jorgen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: R2.1 and Solaris Fortran x86 Date: 3 Jun 1996 01:54:09 GMT Organization: CSIRO DIT ( Melb. ) Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4otgk1$53a@weever.mel.dit.csiro.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: atmos.dar.csiro.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, I have a very nice R2.1 system - thanks to all the developers. In the past we have used several ISC 3.2 boxes, but their software is somewhat limited and dated. We need a very good fortran compiler on the R2.1 system. Unfortunately the g77 does not have two key features: No ability to do array subscript checking No ability to define 8-bit and 16-bit variables, only 32-bit. We need the ability to define int*2 as the machine is used to convert data from 16-bit data loggers. Rewriting the program in C is too time consuming; it is about 20000 lines. The easiest would be to pay for another compiler, possibly the Solaris x86 fortran compiler. Question: The Solaris compiler must be an ELF based compiler, I assume. Will it run under FreeBSD? We do not need any fancy access to the operating system, just basic crunching, input and output. Thanks for any help, Jorgen Jensen