rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) (11/27/90)
I'm looking for a low cost fortran compiler (probably a contradiction in terms?) for SCO UNIX. Does anyone have opinions on the various ones available? I'd like something that doesn't require a runtime to execute the object files, and is fairly close to the language standard. I'm not really interested in the compiler manufacturer's idea of enhancements or improvements. I want something I can learn with as I experiment and something which will be easy to port code to from other systems. As an aside, didn't UNIX originally include a fortran compiler (f77), or is this a Berkeley enhancement? If not, what happened to it and why is it no longer included? Thanks for your suggestions. -- Roger A. Cornelius rac@sherpa.UUCP uunet!sherpa!rac
ndoduc@framentec.fr (Nhuan Doduc) (11/30/90)
In <395@sherpa.UUCP> rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) writes: >I'm looking for a low cost fortran compiler (probably a contradiction >in terms?) for SCO UNIX. Does anyone have opinions on the various I understand that most SCO sales bundle LPI fortran (and as far as I know version 3.0 does not yet support Weitek) but I've tried MicroWay NDP that work very correctly. If any choice, I recommend MicroWay. >As an aside, didn't UNIX originally include a fortran compiler (f77), >or is this a Berkeley enhancement? If not, what happened to it and >why is it no longer included? yes, usually one gets bsd f77 (not very performant, but still OK) but no longer now: vendors pushes us to buy 3rd software. Me too, I believe having read somewhere that f77 IS PART OF SysV but .... --nh Nhuan DODUC, Framentec-Cognitech, Paris, France, ndoduc@framentec.fr or ndoduc@cognitech.fr, Association Francaise des Utilisateurs d'Unix, France, doduc@afuu.fr
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (12/02/90)
In article <395@sherpa.UUCP> rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) writes: > >I'm looking for a low cost fortran compiler (probably a contradiction >in terms?) for SCO UNIX. For real low cost, you could get f2c (fortran to c translator) which is free. >As an aside, didn't UNIX originally include a fortran compiler (f77), >or is this a Berkeley enhancement? If not, what happened to it and >why is it no longer included? It used to be included. Somewhere around System VR3 it stopped being included in the standard software development system. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) (12/04/90)
On 27 Nov 90 03:22:49 GMT, rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) said: rac> I'm looking for a low cost fortran compiler (probably a contradiction rac> in terms?) for SCO UNIX. Does anyone have opinions on the various rac> ones available? I'd like something that doesn't require a runtime rac> to execute the object files, and is fairly close to the language rac> standard. I think that the best thing you can do is to get the f2c Fortran to C translator, and use it as a front end to the C compiler, using a simple shell script provided with it. It is quick, it implements the full F77 standard, and does an excellent job. Of course you need a runtime library to execute any Fortran object -- and an extensive one... Otherwise who is going to do IO for you? f2c comes with a full runtime library too. This little f2c wonder can be obtained by anonymous FTP from research.att.com (or guest UUCP from Larry Snyder's BBS, if I remember correctly). -- Piercarlo Grandi | ARPA: pcg%uk.ac.aber.cs@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Dept of CS, UCW Aberystwyth | UUCP: ...!mcsun!ukc!aber-cs!pcg Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK | INET: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk