dab@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Dave Bozak) (05/23/89)
Hi, I'm looking for advice. A colleague wants to get a FORTRAN compiler for his 3B1. TRC sells two of them, both the same price: LPI FORTRAN and RM FORTRAN So, who has experience with these? Which is the better product? Are there other, better FORTRAN compilers available for the machine? Is TRC the best (read that most cost effective) place to get this product? Thanks in advance for the help -dave bozak dab@rocky.oswego.edu
jeffrey@ccnysci.UUCP (Jeffrey L Bromberger) (05/30/89)
In article <1250@oswego.Oswego.EDU> dab@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Dave Bozak) writes: > I'm looking for advice. A colleague wants to get a FORTRAN compiler >for his 3B1. TRC sells two of them, both the same price: > > LPI FORTRAN and RM FORTRAN > >So, who has experience with these? Which is the better product? >Are there other, better FORTRAN compilers available for the machine? Perhaps a better question is: Will any of these allow linking f77 code to C code (the way Berkeley's f77/C compilers do)? How about gcc linking to the f77 stuff? Reason: We use the NCAR graphic system here at CCNY and would like to port it over to some of our 3B1's, but it uses f77 calls mixed in with a lot of C (the whole foundation of the package). The Fortran would be pretty much useless if it was unable to be co-compiled with C. I believe (I am not totally sure) that LPI Fortran is a standalone package with no ability to bind to C. I have "gleaned" this from a professor who used it for a while. -- Jeffrey L. Bromberger System Operator---City College of New York---Science Computing Facility Anywhere!{cmcl2,philabs,phri}!ccnysci!jeffrey jeffrey@ccnysci.BITNET