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From: Arjan <arjan.van.d...@rivm.nl>
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Subject: Re: gfortran or ifort?
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:58:04 -0800 (PST)
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> > I didn't know about g95. Is there a particular reason why there are
> > two FOSS fortran compilers? Hmm... g95 appears to be a one-man
> > effort...


Though g95 does not yield the fastest code, I particularly like its
feedback in compilation. Many errors I eliminated in an early phase
were reported only by g95.

@Tim: Thanks for the explanation. You won't hear me complain about
ifort! One exception: there is no free ifort for Windows, which is the
only OS I have at home...

Arjan