Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!uunet!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!am.dsir.govt.nz!peterm From: peterm@am.dsir.govt.nz (Peter McGavin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Fortrann Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 91 15:14:03 GMT References: Sender: news@am.dsir.govt.nz Organization: Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, NZ. Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: James_Bowers@a68k.UUCP's message of 11 Jun 91 16:27:22 GMT >1) absoft fortran seems to be the only commercial program available. Right? I don't know of any others. There is at least 1 freely-distributable FORTRAN, i.e, /amiga/languages/misc/BCF77.lzh on ab20.larc.nasa.gov. There is also f2c. >How slow (fast) is it compared to Fortran 77 on a VAX? I've only tried the non-pro version (no 68882 support) on an A3000. It worked for me and seemed fast, but I wasn't worried about speed at the time. It probably doesn't do much optimisation. If you need speed, try f2c followed by gcc with all the optimisations on. -- Peter McGavin. (srwmpnm@wnv.dsir.govt.nz or peterm@am.dsir.govt.nz)