Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!dcl-cs!aber-cs!athene!pcg From: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: Fortran compilers for SCO UNIX Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 16:30:31 GMT References: <395@sherpa.UUCP> Sender: pcg@aber-cs.UUCP Followup-To: comp.unix.programmer Organization: Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: odin In-reply-to: rac@sherpa.UUCP's message of 27 Nov 90 03:22:49 GMT 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