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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Opinions on MS Fortran wanted
Message-ID: <3992@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 1 May 89 21:36:05 GMT
References: <24257@beta.lanl.gov> <2922@rti.UUCP>
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In article <2922@rti.UUCP>, bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) writes:
> In article <24257@beta.lanl.gov>, dd@beta.lanl.gov (Dan Davison) writes:
>> So, my question for the net: Has MicroSloth produced a real
>> Fortran compiler yet?  Is it worth using?
>
> I have heard that the LaHay (sp?) compiler is better than the current
> Microsoft offering, but the Microsoft compiler is not as miserable as
> it used to be - it's almost a nice compiler, if they could just make
> it run a bit faster.
>
Do yourself a favour and get the Lahey F77L compiler. It compiles like
lightning, and runs as fast as output from Microsoft's compiler. Lahey's
compiler is also much easier to install and use.
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