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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.