Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:34:55 -0500 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22C=2E_Bergstr=F6m=22?= <codestr0m@osunix.org> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: maho@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compiler discussion Message-ID: <4AFC1D0F.1020805@osunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20091112141519.GA66229@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091112141519.GA66229@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > Following from the discussion on the system compiler for ia64, > I tried to list few major ports which I'd love to have on ia64, > but can't, because of GCC problems: > > - math/blas, lapack, lapack95, arpack, scalapack, atlas, etc. > - science/hdf5-18 (fortran APIs can't be built) > - french/aster (industial quality FEA code) > - cad/calculix (another good FEA code) > > All these depend on lang/gcc44, which doesn't build. > > The only fortran compiler I know to build and work > successfully on ia64 is (correct me if I'm wrong) g95. > > I wonder if it's possible/desirable/easy to use lang/g95 for > the above and other fortran-dependent ports? > > In principal, lang/g95 looks very good, and it's got > some features not available in gfortran, e.g. limited > support for 2003 standard. > > Any comments? > > Lots, but the main is that I don't think the g95 developer is still active. Please ping Andy and if you do get a response let me know.
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