dhinds@portia.Stanford.EDU (David Hinds) (02/20/90)
I'm looking for a good Fortran compiler for MS-DOS. It must be reasonably compliant with standard Fortran/77. High quality code is my key requirement; cost is a factor, but I am willing to pay more for a good product. The ability to generate 80386 code would be a big plus. - David Hinds dhinds@popserver.stanford.edu
bbesler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Brent Besler) (02/22/90)
> I'm looking for a good Fortran compiler for MS-DOS. It must be >reasonably compliant with standard Fortran/77. High quality code is >my key requirement; cost is a factor, but I am willing to pay more for >a good product. The ability to generate 80386 code would be a big >plus. The best Fortran compiler for MS-DOS depends on what you are looking for. If your codes are going to be fairly small such that they will run in 640K, the Microsoft Fortran 4.0 compiler is what I would recommend. If you want to take full advantage of the 386 and extended memory, the NDP Fortran compiler from Microway is best. It gets quite expensive since you need to buy Pharlap tools to run it under DOS. It will total about $1000 to get the compiler plus the Pharlap tools. Microway usually advetises in PC or Byte. I have had pretty good luck buying coprocessors from them. Brent H. Besler