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- Subject: Re: 32-bit C/C++ & Fortran compilers question
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 07:28:55 PST
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- The Lahey F77l/EM-32 compiler is very good, fast, and very compatible with VAX
- VMS Fortran. It's also about $1000. Good diagnostics. Some (but not all)
- Fortran 90 features. We have used it for porting VMS digital simulations (4 to
- 20MB executables) from VAX to a PC environment. REQUIRES coprocessor. 486DX
- should do fine. It does have a couple of bugs here and there-- we found that
- the '387 optimizer option (if intermediate values are already on the chip, use
- them) didn't work correctly. But all in all, a pretty good tool. We've been
- reasonably successful making a living using it. Also recommend you use
- Graphoria library, if you need graphics of any kind. Not a development
- environment, but good solid Fortran. Lahey says they are working on a full
- F90 implementation, but couldn't even tell us if it would be integrated with
- F77L or stand-alone, never mind WHEN. Good luck.
- Dave Landis==> LANDISD@CPVA.SAIC.COM or LANDISD@ABQA.SAIC.COM
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