era8@cs.tcd.ie (10/21/88)
I would like to port Fortran some programs from our VAX and PC's on to a MAC II and would apreciate any comments/recommendations on Fortran compilers available for the Mac. Martin Critchley
khb%chiba@Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - Sun Tactical Engineering) (10/24/88)
To the best of my knowledge, these are the fortran products available: 1) msfortran. This is basically just an old version of Absoft. 2) absoft. Old versions were sufficiently buggy, and hard to deal with that in one of my former incarnations we were forced to buy a PC to run the Lahey product. No doubt absoft has improved with age. Their newest product is "based on RISC technology". How RISC relates to the compiler for a 68020 is beyond me. 3) DCM mactran; I have a copy, but have not exercised it intensively. Has provisions to make access to the toolbox "easy", but the first code I wrote uncovered a few bugs. Since I have a nice workstation at work, I don't "need" to do too much fortran at home. DCM provides a "turbopascal" type (i.e. integrated editor compiler) environment. With the advent of Multifinder (for those with enough memory) this is not a big selling point. I prefer the QUED/M editor. 4) MPW fortran from language systems, or some such (see mactutor for particulars). Being compatible with MPW should be a big advantage. I have not yet worked with this compiler, but it is very new to the market. None of these are as mature nor as useful as the PC or workstation products. Sigh. The mac is otherwise a nice standalone machine. (* plug for my employer*) any chance you can buy Suns rather than Macs ? :) (* plug off *) There is a product called FACE-it which is very handy for adding macfeatures to existing code. Last I heard, it was available for all EXCEPT the DCM product. Check MacTutor for adverts. Keith H. Bierman It's Not My Fault ---- I Voted for Bill & Opus