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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,slac.users.ibm-pc
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!hubcap!tlihsin
- From: tlihsin@hubcap.clemson.edu (lih-sin the)
- Subject: Re: Recommendations on 32-bit Fortran for PC?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.211233.2536@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <92259.113724RHH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:12:33 GMT
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- RHH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
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- >Does anyone have words of wisdom on 32-bit Fortran compilers for
- >PC use? My operating system of choice is OS/2 2.0 (DOS and Windows
- >also possible... but it would be nice to avoid having to pay for
- >a DOS extender!) I expect to port some programs which already work
- >under MS-Fortran 5.0, and probably also some VM programs (some pain
- >expected here).
-
- >Some possibilities I have heard of are Lahey, Watcom, and Microway.
- >Comments based on your personal experience with these or other
- >products, comparisons between different products, and/or references
- >to published reviews would all be most welcome.
-
- > -- R. Helm
-
- I use f2c and gcc on my OS/2 2.0 and f2c and gcc are written
- in 32 bits. I think someone in this group did a benchmark and find
- that f2c and gcc for OS/2 is about two times faster than 16 bit MS
- fortran. I also have gnumake on my OS/2 and I usually create a
- Makefile to run f2c and gcc. f2c, gcc, and gnumake can be downloaded
- from anonymous site, ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. They work very well on my PC
- and one best thing is that they are free, no cost!!
-