johnl@ima.ISC.COM (John R. Levine) (05/12/88)
I am thinking of doing some work on a medium sized (~15,000 lines)
Fortran program, and would like to be able to work on it on my PC, so
I need a Fortran compiler. The speed of the generated code is not
particularly an issue, unless it's really awful, but I'd like to be
able to port stuff from larger machines with a as little hassle as
possible.
What experience do people have. I know of compilers from Microsoft,
Ryan-McFarland (also relabelled as IBM) and Lahey. Are any of them
particularly good or bad? All things being equal, I'd rather pay
less than more, but I'd rather pay more for one that works than less
for one that doesn't. I'd also like not to have to buy a 287, but suspect
that I'll be sorry if I don't. If it makes any difference, the computer
is a PS/2 mod 50.
TIA,
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