You can also look at www.nag.com who make a 64-bit fortran compiler
that can handle f90. We have both compilers and initial test runs on
old code are favoring NAG. (Microway are working on improving their
32 bit compiler.)
Currently, however, I am not as impressed as I might have been with
fortran on the alpha. Wes' benchmarks seem to run as fast on a 200
MHz PPro with optimized g77. (Could someone with a Digital UNIX
compiler please take a look at his benchmarks: I'd really like to know
if I am flogging a dead horse or not... Perhaps someone would like to
try g77 on the alpha with these benchmarks too?)
Question: Is the kernel patch (* alpha fp code patches) included in
Linus' recent pre-patches to 2.0.30 likely to speed up floating point
on the alpha? If it is then all of the above is likely to be subject
to change. :*)
Cheers
Andrew