Anyone have a Fortran 90 compiler?

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2002-11-20 07:42pm

Or know how much one costs to buy?

Just want one so I can work at home on class program assignments.

Thanks

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-11-20 07:44pm

My physics department has one on their central machine that I compile stuff with remotely. Doesn't yours?

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2002-11-20 08:38pm

Never thought to check. I'll ask about that tomorrow.

nechronius · Post by **nechronius** » 2002-11-20 08:56pm

Hm... I didn't even realize they had finalized Fortran 9x. sonovabitch. I really liked Fortran 77 when I took it in college. How does 90 compare?

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-11-20 10:25pm

Shit, it's up to 95, now. You're behind the times.

Anyway, Fortran90 allows you to comment stuff and has a built-in square root function, which I don't think were present in 77.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-11-20 10:27pm

Sure its in my other Sock

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-11-21 12:20am

The GNU people have a GPL Fortran compiler that'll do Fortran 90. I don't know if it's available for Windows but it should be available for Linux.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-11-21 12:33am

Sorry for stating the obvious, but

http://www.fortran.com/

They have a list of free compilers there

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2002-11-21 01:44am

Wow, you mean people actually still use Fortran

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-11-21 02:35am

Not me, I wouldn't touch that with a 2-meter long stick.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-11-21 02:49am

Exonerate wrote:Wow, you mean people actually still use Fortran

Don't some colleges still teach it as an introductory language or something?

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-11-21 03:10am

Fortran is still extensively used for scientific computing.