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From: ndoduc@framentec.fr (Nhuan Doduc)
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Subject: Re: > Wanted: DOS Fortran Compiler for 386 instruction set.
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Date: 17 Sep 90 08:18:20 GMT
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In <90.256.12:32:25@ipkima.uucp> ferstl@ipkima.uucp (Fritz Ferstl) writes:

>>Need information re: DOS Fortran Compiler for 386 instruction set.
>>Any information on availabilty/ references/ recommendations appreciated.

There are at least 3 good fortran comnpilers for 386 (486 too)
Lahey, FTN77/386 from Polyhedron Software (&Salford University) and MicroWay,
all 3 excellent quality. I do not want to range them in any order because they
are really good. Just some specific details ...
Lahey can generate Weitek code even in 16 bits-mode (although you'll need a
memory driver) although this may be irrelevant for you but this shows what
they are doing (they are finishing a 860 compiler too)
FTN77 thanks to their DBOS deiver can use ANY coprocessor, or even without
any coprocessor, with a SINGLE exe file
MicroWay has the same compiler running with Dos and Unix
All tjree can generate 486 code ...

--nh
Nhuan DODUC, 
Framentec-Cognitech, Paris, France, ndoduc@framentec.fr or ndoduc@cognitech.fr,
Association Francaise des Utilisateurs d'Unix, France, doduc@afuu.fr