fortran on archlinux

dp · 2003-10-07 14:53:22

fortran? what is this?:

fortune -m FORTRAN wrote:

FORTRAN is a good example of a language which is easier to parse
using ad hoc techniques.
-- D. Gries
FORTRAN is for pipe stress freaks and crystallography weenies.
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed -- it is hardy, occasionally blooms,
and grows in every computer.
-- A.J. Perlis [What's good about it? Ed.]
FORTRAN is the language of Powerful Computers.
-- Steven Feiner
It's multiple choice time...
What is FORTRAN?
a: Between thre and fiv tran.
b: What two computers engage in before they interface.
c: Ridiculous.
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on
the continuing viability of FORTRAN.
-- Alan Perlis
FORTRAN? The syntactically incorrect statement "DO 10 I = 1.10" will parse and
generate code creating a variable, DO10I, as follows: "DO10I = 1.10" If that
doesn't terrify you, it should.

ok, and now serious:

we need a fortran compiler in archlinux ... at least to be able to compile some scientific apps ... that are often used by students (the people that invented linux )

ok: to be a little bit precise:

what is not in archlinux, and should be is:

f2c (a fortran to C translator)
http://www.netlib.org/f2c/

g77 (GNU F77 compiler ... part of gcc ... no idea how or where to download)
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/g77/News.html is the only link i found with gg

and maybe the intel fortran compiler:
http://developer.intel.com/software/pro … noncom.htm
it's free for noncomertial use

and for the future, what about the f compiler?
ftp://ftp.swcp.com/pub/walt/F

i dont have time right now to get into how to install any of them on a linux, to built a package, but it would be great having at least f2c and g77

andy · 2003-10-07 15:22:54

A quick "fix" to get g77 ?!? - try to modify the gcc-PKGBUILD by adjusting the

--enable-languages=c,c++,objc

part - but I forgot how to enable g77 :-) ...

Otherwise, I may be doing a package/PKGBUILD for one or the other - but am quite busy lately (and I need a break, so I browse the forum ;-) ...). i have installed the Intel compiler on several machines several times.

However, this raises an important question about PKGBUILDS and packages. It is possible to make a PKGBUILD for the Intel compiler, but I doubt the license permits distributuing the binary. I know, it's free for non-commercial use, and the user still has to get a license key from Intel, but Intel may still not like redistribution of their package. (who reads these licenses :-) ? ...)

There is different software similar to this where AL and the package builders can only distribute PKGBUILDS and no complete packages. This is not really a problem yet - the AL developers just have to make sure that such software does not get on any CD or ftp archive.

sarah31 · 2003-10-07 15:46:37

i believe that the g77 source is available from the same ftp url as the gcc. i believe they do have the code for g77 separate.

andy · 2003-10-07 17:07:09

I just dug through the gcc site and found the following :

http://gcc.gnu.org/install/download.html

and if one compares to

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-3.3.1/

one does see the big all-in-one package and the individual parts.

It appears that AL requires the full package, so enabling fortran with

--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,f77

(which I found on http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html )

should just get you g77 !

And finally, the latest and greatest details are on
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/

all right, back to work :-) ... and eventually, I will actually DO something about Fortran packages instead of just posting info :-) But while I am at it, I throw more URL's at you ...

http://g95.sourceforge.net/
http://gcc.gnu.org/frontends.html

andy · 2003-10-07 17:57:59

dp wrote:

FORTRAN? The syntactically incorrect statement "DO 10 I = 1.10" will parse and ....

What's wrong with this perfectly legal declaration of a variable ... :twisted:

Oh, and search this site for the string "Fortran" ...

http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/a_history.html

and then grab this famous piece of software from

http://www.wurb.com/if/game/1

dp · 2003-10-07 21:27:12

andy,

thanx a lot for the links ... i didnt know that "Adventure" was written in fortran originally ... funny ... as soon as i find time i will try to recompile gcc with f77 ... now (its 23:15) it's a little bit too late to play around with gcc (the testing can be complicated) ...

*****************************************
... and when it works fine, maybe we can have gcc with f77 enabled as standard in archlinux?
-> what do you think about this idea?
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the g95 is interesting, but actually i think it is too early in developement to be used as default fortran compiler

the other gcc-frontends are also interesting

(thanx for the links, again)

"DO 10 I = 1.10" was an example in a fortune!!! it's not me that said that it is incorrect! --- it's logical if you are allready used with fortran, but compared to more primitive languages it is not perfectly correct

andy · 2003-10-07 22:33:04

oh yes, g95 is WAYYY too experimental. I look at this page every few month - but at least this project is still active !

And I did realize that that DO-example came from the fortune and not from you :-) ... and I won't write any more about using (or not using) spaces in Fortran-source ... :-) ....

andy · 2004-01-07 18:12:02

Finally : http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=2217

andy · 2004-01-16 13:18:32

First, an update on the Intel Compiler PKGBUILDs : http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=2217

And then another one of the requested packages : F :
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=12440

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#1 2003-10-07 14:53:22

fortran on archlinux

#2 2003-10-07 15:22:54

Re: fortran on archlinux

#3 2003-10-07 15:46:37

Re: fortran on archlinux

#4 2003-10-07 17:07:09

Re: fortran on archlinux

#5 2003-10-07 17:57:59

Re: fortran on archlinux

#6 2003-10-07 21:27:12

Re: fortran on archlinux

#7 2003-10-07 22:33:04

Re: fortran on archlinux

#8 2004-01-07 18:12:02

Re: fortran on archlinux

#9 2004-01-16 13:18:32

Re: fortran on archlinux

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