Free Fortran Compiler on Win XP

[Bruno Carpentieri]

Hi all.

What is the best *free* Fortran 77/90 compiler on Windows XP systems ?
I would use it with numerical packages as BLAS, LAPACK, ARPACK, ....

Many thanks for any help !

Bruno Carpentieri
***@cerfacs.fr

[Duane Bozarth]

Post by Bruno Carpentieri
Hi all.
What is the best *free* Fortran 77/90 compiler on Windows XP systems ?
I would use it with numerical packages as BLAS, LAPACK, ARPACK, ....
Many thanks for any help !

F77 - choice is g77 as far as I know, but I've not used it myself for
ages...it's F77 +extensions

F9x - none that I am aware of...

There's the "F" subset that is nearly free.

www.fortran.com has links to many/most sources of things
Fortran-related...

[Mark Stevens]

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 10:26:39 -0500, Duane Bozarth

Post by Duane Bozarth

Post by Bruno Carpentieri
What is the best *free* Fortran 77/90 compiler on Windows XP systems ?
I would use it with numerical packages as BLAS, LAPACK, ARPACK, ....

F77 - choice is g77 as far as I know, but I've not used it myself for
ages...it's F77 +extensions

If the compiler is for personal, non-commercial use then you could
also look at Salford FTN77 Personal Edition.

Regards,
Mark
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[Jeff Stephens]

Post by Bruno Carpentieri
Hi all.
What is the best *free* Fortran 77/90 compiler on Windows XP systems ?
I would use it with numerical packages as BLAS, LAPACK, ARPACK, ....
Many thanks for any help !
Bruno Carpentieri

You might also try the free Watcom F77 compiler. You can find it at:

http://www.openwatcom.org/download/download_licenses.html

Regards,
Jeff Stephens

[Acme Optics]

Hi,

It has been my experience, since 1991, that free DOS/Windows software
always has a downside compared to "purchased" software.

Lahey F77L-EM32 and HGRAPH both came with world class user support at
reasonable prices.

Lahey LF90 and LF95 and Winteracter replaced the first tools. Lahey
has very good user support (not quit as good as they did in the early
days but then who does?) and Winteracter's support is nothing less
than "I died and went to software heaven" level quality.

Visual Fortran from 6.0 on has also provided an extremely fast
compiler with all the features you would want and the way their
support system is set up, you don't really need to buy the "phone"
support.

I understand the limitations of budget but before I'd jump into the
arms of "freeware" I'd try to start a good relationship with a
University prof who could set you up with an educational license. At
least it would be an educational version of a commercial compiler.
When the compiler developer charges $, atleast some of it flows into
bug fixes and improvements.

Jim Klein

[Herman D. Knoble]

See: http://www.personal.psu.edu/hdk/fortran.html#Windows

Skip Knoble, Penn State

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 13:07:51 +0200, Bruno Carpentieri <***@cerfacs.fr> wrote:

-|Hi all.
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-|What is the best *free* Fortran 77/90 compiler on Windows XP systems ?
-|I would use it with numerical packages as BLAS, LAPACK, ARPACK, ....
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-|Many thanks for any help !
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-|Bruno Carpentieri
-|***@cerfacs.fr


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[Aleph Mobius]

The Salford F77 Personnal Edition compiler is an excellent freeware
DOS compiler. Along with a great implementation of FORTRAN it includes
a library of many useful functions. The only downside is that it
requires an external file if library functions are used but I consider
that acceptable. As I said before it is only a DOS command line
compiler and linker. The same company makes an IDE that color codes
and all that great stuff but it costs 40 pounds. FORCE 2.0 on the
other hand has an excellent freeware IDE with great formatting but the
compiler itself is pathetic. I wrote a program which takes the output
of the FORCE IDE and redirects it to the Salford compiler. Once
installed you cant tell the difference. You get everything the Salford
compiler has to offer with a great color coded IDE all for free. My
website is http://AlephMobius.8m.com if any of you are interested.

[Clive Page]

Post by Aleph Mobius
The Salford F77 Personnal Edition compiler is an excellent freeware
DOS compiler.

[snip]

Post by Aleph Mobius
FORCE 2.0 on the
other hand has an excellent freeware IDE with great formatting but the
compiler itself is pathetic.

What makes you say that the compiler is pathetic? It includes, as far as I
know, the latest g77, which includes a whole range of Fortran-90 compatible
extensions not supported by Salford FTN77. The Salford run-time
performance may be a bit better, but the Polyhedron tables don't show a
huge difference.

[Aleph Mobius]

Maybe I can get you some examples of what I am talking about later.
Why is my message not part of the conversation? Is this a moderated
thread? Ive been using Usenet for a few months but only in one thread
and I havent seen anything like this.