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From: kkim@plains.NoDak.edu (kyongsok kim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Fortran compiler (Lahey, Watcom?) and protected mode?
Message-ID: <8218@plains.NoDak.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 91 19:43:20 GMT
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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	I am looking for fortran compilers running on 386/486 which can
compile fortran source programs containing big arrays (say, 2 MB).  As I
understand it, MS-DOS on ordinary PC's supports up to 640 KB.  Suppose
that a 386/486 machine has 4 MB and I want to define big arrays so that
the program size is, say, 2 MB.  As I understand it, to do this, we need
to have a fortran compiler enabling us to access extended memory in a
protected mode.

	The rumor is that it costs around $1,000 and, before buying it, I
would like to hear good or bad stories of those compilers from the
first-hand users.  Any help will be appreciated.  Since I do not read this
newsgroup regularly, please reply to me directly. Thanks in advance.

Kyongsok Kim
Dept. of Comp. Sci., North Dakota State University

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