[Mingw-users] How stable is the Mingw GCC 3.2

[Orlando P. H. <he...@ci...>]

William Sternbach wrote:



> I took Fortran in the University back in 1986. But its been 16 years
> since I've coded in Fortran. But I used "C" everyday, so I wanted to
> convert the source code to "C". 

> I may want to keep the source in Fortran, and compile and run it in
> Fortran using Mingw GCC 3.2 Fortran. 

> From your experience, how stable is the Mingw GCC 3.2 Fortran compiler.
>  Since most people use Mingw GCC 3.2 for "C/C++" development, I was
> concerned that the Fortran piece is not thoroughly tested in real world
> environments. Since Asteroid orbit calculations are very cpu-intensive
> and complex and require a bug free compiler, how stable do you feel the
> GCC 3.2 Fortran compiler is? 

I am compiling a big program (ATP, Alternative Transients 
Program, www.emtp.org), more than 200000 FORTRAN lines, 
without problems at compile/link/use time.

I am using Mingw 3.2, (plus DOS/DJGPP and Linux) FORTRAN 
and C for each platform.

Regards,

OPH. 2002-9-21 7:03


Ing. Orlando P. Hevia   
he...@ci...
Santa Fe-Argentina