[comp.lang.fortran] Fortran compilers for MS-DOS

msc_wrak@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Robert Anthony Koyak) (07/19/88)

  I wish to obtain a Fortran compiler to run on a 386 machine
(MS-DOS) with expanded memory.  The intention is to run large
(in terms of source code) programs, with large internal data
structures, as effectively as possible.  By effectively, I mean
quickly (using 80387 and expanded memory), and with full F77
compatibility.  In particular, it should be able to run code under
F66 specifications.

  As I understand it, the two most viable options currently are Microsoft
Optimizing Fortran, and Ryan-McFarland Fortran.  RM-Fortran costs somewhat
more.  What I would like to know are:

     -- What (if any) significant differences exist?
     -- What has been the experience of users under circumstances
        similar to mine?

  I would welcome informed responses via E-mail.  If your knowledge of
these issues is extensive, perhaps also responding in the newsgroup(s)
would be appreciated by others.

  Thanks.

                                 -- bob koyak
                                 -- Johns Hopkins Univ
                                 -- msc_wrak@jhunix (BITNET)