Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.arc.nasa.gov!skipper!altair!maine From: maine@altair.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: F90 compiler from NAG Message-ID: Date: 21 Jun 91 17:22:48 GMT Sender: news@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 49 I've been anxiously awaiting the latest issue of the Fortran Journal ever since Walt Brainerd posted a message here saying that it included an announcement of the first full F90 compiler. (Walt, you are a tease for not giving more details in the posting, but I understand and I forgive you :-)). Yesterday it finally arrived, so I can provide a little more detail for those here that don't subscribe. I do, by the way recommend subscribing to the Fortran Journal if you are interested in following such things. Walt regularly posts the subscription address here, so I won't bother to go look it up right now. The compiler is from NAG (Numerical Analysis Group) from the UK. Though I haven't yet got my hands on it, it does appear to be a real product instead of vaporware. I was half afraid of one of these "announcements" along the line of "company xxx announces the availability of product yyy to ber available sometime in the future maybe, that is if enough people show interest to convince us to really start design of it." I contacted NAG by phone (US number 708-971-2337, a UK number was also given, but I don't have my copy of the Journal handy right now). The person I talked to said that the product was in early beta now, with production shipment anticipated in 90-120 days. It "compiles" the full language F90 into C. There are no language extensions (but since F90 includes many of the common F77 extensions or equivalent functionality, this does not seem like a severe restriction). It also includes an F90 runtime library that in turn references C runtimes. The first release is for Unix systems. I only really asked about the SPARC 2 because that's what I want to test it out on. The SPARC is one of the systems supported by the first release, but I gathered there were also others. There are more details in the Fortran Journal and available from NAG. I'll avoid quoting specific prices here (call 'em yourself), but just comment that they seemed reasonable. I don't usually bother with explicit disclaimers but since this relates to a product announcement, I suppose I better make it perfectly clear to the lawyers and other mentally impaired types... I haven't even seen the compiler, so I'm in no position to make recommendations even if I were so inclined. This posting is purely to relay information. -- -- Richard Maine maine@altair.dfrf.nasa.gov