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From: BVAUGHAN@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Fortran and extended memory
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Date: 28 Jan 91 16:11:28 GMT
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Someone recently posted a request for information about Fortran compilers
that make use of memory above 640K in DOS-based systems.  At the time I
couldn't find a reference to the following article, but it's now turned up
and I hope it's still useful.

The May 1990 issue of _Computer Language_ had a review of 6 Fortran compilers,
four of which could use extended memory.  The reviewer's favorite was Lahey
F77L-EM/32, which is rather expensive and requires the purchase of Ergo OS/386
as well.  Another compiler that got a favorable review is OTG systems FTN77,
which is produced by a British software firm, Salford Software.  This compiler
uses its own DOS extender, called DBOS.  Unfortunately, I have no address or
price for this product; nor do I have the original journal article, only
excerpts from it compiled by someone else.  Two other compilers unfavorably
mentioned in the same article were Microway NDP and SVS Fortran 2.8, which
require the purchase of Phar Lap tools to make the extended memory available.

I hope this is of some help.

Barbara Vaughan