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Subject: Re: F77 Compilers for MS-DOS PC's
Keywords: ms-dos fortran f77
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Date: 26 Aug 88 16:56:29 GMT
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In article <13633@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> link@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (Richard Link) writes:
>In article <102@simsdevl.UUCP> dandc@simsdevl.UUCP (Dan DeClerck) writes:
>>In article <184@limbic.UUCP> gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) writes:
>>>One company I do work for is looking for a F77 compiler for a PC / PC clone.
>>>I would appreciate any suggestions from the net as to compilers they have
>>>used and liked, or compilers to avoid.
>>>
I've used Lahey's F77L. It compiled MINOS 5.0 ( an LP package) successfully.
Granted, MINOS is written in very standard FORTRAN 77, and it can be compiled
almost anywhere. But it is a big program.
Lahey supports the "military extensions!!" (DoD's Fortran), I don't think
it covers VMS Fortran.

Lahey also sells  286 and 386 versions (F77L16 and F77L32) that generate code
for the Intel chips, and runs the programs in protected mode with the help
of a DOS extender.  These versions can address any amount of  extended memory
you might have available.  A coworker of mine has used the F77L16 to port a
fairly large application onto an AT with 5MB. It was slightly painfull but not
extremely so.  It cost a couple of calls to Lahey's support.

Prices range from $95 for a small-version of F77L to $495 for the 386 version
(I am quoting this without a reference in front of me) . 
They have a source level debugger at extra cost.