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From: BVAUGHAN@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Fortran Compiler (386)
Message-ID: <11771@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 28 Sep 90 14:48:17 GMT
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Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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I'm planning to get a new Fortran compiler for my new 80386 computer (Dell
System 310, with math coprocessor.  At present, I have two Fortran compilers:
Lahey F77L, version 2.11, with which I have been very satisfied; and Microsoft
Fortran version 3.2, with which I have been moderately satisfied.  I need a
compiler that will compile code for machines without a math coprocessor, which
is why I use the Microsoft compiler from time to time.  However, I could
continue to use my old compiler for that purpose.  I am looking for reviews and
personal recommendations for the latest versions of both the Lahey and Micro-
soft Fortrans.  I'm especially interested in the ability to use expanded mem-
ory and any other improvements that will take advavtage of my 386.  If there
is another compiler I haven't mentioned that is clearly head and shoulders
above the two I have mentioned, I would like to hear about those, too.  Thanks
very much

Barbara Vaughan
BVAUGHAN@PUCC.Princeton.edu