Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!mtunb!dmt From: dmt@mtunb.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: cheap FORTRAN compilers Keywords: are there any? Message-ID: <1332@mtunb.ATT.COM> Date: 7 Dec 88 18:05:35 GMT References: <1357@nesac2.UUCP> Reply-To: dmt@mtunb.UUCP (Dave Tutelman) Organization: AT&T Bell Labs - Lincroft, NJ Lines: 28 Lahey and P-Systems both make Fortrans in the vicinity of $100. I shopped for "Turbo Fortran" last summer (wound up not buying anything), and that's what the choice came down to. I have no direct experience, but my impressions from the brochure were: - Lahey seems to be a Fortran specialist. They make a number of >$400 products, and have a good rep in this niche. Their "Personal Fortran" is a stripped-down version for under $100. Some limitations; I seem to remember small-model-only, but I'm sure there are others. - P-Systems makes an environment that supports a number of languages, on a semi-interpreted basis (translates to P-code, then interprets). The environment plus one language came to about $100, if I recall. Fortran is one of the supported languages. Pascal is another. By the time I had all my information, I decided I didn't really need Fortran after all. However, if my need for a student Fortran had persisted, I probably would have bought the Lahey product. Hope this helps. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dave Tutelman | | Physical - AT&T Bell Labs - Lincroft, NJ | | Logical - ...att!mtunb!dmt | | Audible - (201) 576 2442 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+