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From: John Henshall
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:00

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Jonathan Kitchin (jon@perth.dialix.com.au) wrote:

: my October copy of LJ had this story about the F programming language
: it appears to be based on Fortran and it said that a compiler was 
: available free for linux.I tried www.imagine1.com but could not find
:

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: has anybody in oz tried this compiler??
: any clues would be appreciated.
: jon
: 


I use the the free linux version of the F programming language at home to 
prototye modules.  I then incorporate these modules (without 
modification) into fortran90 programs.  I find F excellent for this 
purpose.  Try 

        http://www.imagine1.com/imagine1/

In an unplanned, and unscientific comparison, the executable code 
produced by F ran under linux on my DX4/100 in approx one twentieth the 
time taken by a well known dos fortran90 compiler on a Pentium 75, both 
PC's having 24meg ram.  I don't know whether this was due to the 
operating systems, the PC's, or the compilers.

John Henshall
PhD Student
Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit
University of New England
Armidale, NSW, Australia

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