Trying to look for a fortran compiler for my windows XP

[sublime]

not sure where this goes, but I am trying to look for a fortran compiler for my windows XP OS that is free so i can get into doing some programming. My school may be getting into a engineering competition and i would be a frontrunner on the team and want to get a headstart. if anyone can help i would appreciate it.

 

[MeJennifer]

not sure where this goes, but I am trying to look for a fortran compiler for my windows XP OS that is free so i can get into doing some programming. My school may be getting into a engineering competition and i would be a frontrunner on the team and want to get a headstart. if anyone can help i would appreciate it.

Just one note that might or might not be applicable to your case but remember that it is all but guaranteed that a FORTRAN compiler will execute some code any faster than say a C program on a PC.

 

[chroot]

Have you tried a google search? There are probably dozens of freely-available Fortran compilers for Windows.

I personally would suggest installing Cygwin, which includes the GNU compiler collection, including g77, the GNU Fortran 77 compiler.

http://www.cygwin.com

- Warren

 

[Astronuc]

Look at this - http://www.geocities.com/athens/olympus/5564/g77.htm

Or type - "G77","Fortran","compiler" - into Google and browse the various sites.

One can also look for F90 and F95 versions.

 

[sublime]

got my cygwin up and am having some trouble opening up the binaries required to get the compiler working. :( i am quite frustrated.

 

[chroot]

Open the Cygwin bash shell. Type g77 inputfile -o outputfile to compile your source code, inputfile, into an executable, outputfile.

- Warren

 

[franznietzsche]

g95(not to be confused with gfortran, the GNU F90 compiler) is your best bet. Not the GNU compilers if you're using windows. I say this from an ease of use persepective. Works from DOS, no need to deal with cygwin (which I've always considered to be a hassle). Also its very good about sticking strictly to the standard, and its available on every platform you could ever want, a major plus if portability becomes a concern (of course, so are the GNU compilers, but I'm really less of a fan of those for fortran, in part because upgrading them can be an absolute nightmare if you don't know what you're doing).