Free Fortran g90 compilers for windows xp

Saladsamurai

I know there are tons of them out there, but I am looking for a recommendation on one. I know absolutely nothing about Fortran and very little about programming in general. I do know that I will be inheriting a bunch of code that was written in a g90 environment (if that is even the correct terminology).

I just need to know exactly what I will need to run and edit the code. I know that to edit it, all I really need is notepad, but I wouldn't mind an environment that helps with the debugging process.

I know that most of the guys around my lab are using DIGITAL visual fortran 5.0. But they are all sharing from 1 disc which is out of the question for me since this a university computer (and because I'm a good boy ). But I would like to keep it as comparable as possible. Any good recommendations for something free that is comparable to DIGITAL visual fortran 5.0?

Any advice is appreciated

minger

I've used g95 extensively with great success. It doesn't produce as fast executables as say, Intel Fortran (ifort), but the debugging options are still great, and the documentation is fantastic.

As far as installing a compiler such as that, it should be fairly straightforward. For Windows, it appears that there is a self-extracting x86 binary, which should get you good to go.

There is also the Gnu General compiler (GCC), which has gfortran in it. I don't have a lot of experience with it though.

I know that these run great under Linux environments, I can't say a lot about under Windows. You may have to run Cygwin or something like that to get these to work. I would assume there is decent documentation and how-tos online and at the respective websites.

Saladsamurai

Hi there minger! So what did you actually install to use g95?