John--you should note that gcc3.4 (same c compiler as in Sci. Linux 4)
is also available in Sci. Linux 5, there is a compatible g77 as
part of that. That should be able to compile anything that you compiled
before.
Steve
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, John Schaad wrote:
FORTRAN -- For many years I have helped support, have used, and continue to
use a package of software written mostly in FORTRAN for a DEC VAX Mainframe
running the VMS operating system. Later, I helped develop a Graphic User
Interface written mostly in C and X-Windows, and it was ported to run on
DEC VAXstations (VMS), DECstations (DEC-UNIX - ULTRIX), and the PC Platform
under Linux. The original port to the PC platform with Linux was with
Slackware, and later Redhat 5.1 through 6.2, 7.2, and 9.0. A batch-only
version was ported to run on MS-Windows using Cygnus/Cygwin. In recent
years, however, we have found the most reliable Linux Platform to use is
Scientific Linux -- presently the 4.X series.
I have attached a PDF file with links to the IPF home page, source code,
and manuals, along with some of the history, in case anyone is interested
in exploring it further.
In the interest of continuing development in parallel with the later
versions of Scientific Linux, I have tried to compile and install the IPF
software on SL-5.X and also SL-6.X. I found that with the switch to
"gfortran" as the supported FORTRAN compiler, the FORTRAN code would no
longer compile. It appears that there are major differences between
gfortran and the FORTRAN versions used in SL-4.X and earlier versions, and
it looks like we would have to re-write a lot of our FORTRAN Code, based on
the compiler error messages that are displayed. That was a frustrating
discovery! I am glad to see that Scientific Linux 4.X will continue to be
supported for a while, at least for the near future.
Does anyone have experience, and possibly some suggestions, for porting
earlier FORTRAN code to be usable with the gfortran compiler?
John Schaad -
BPA Transmission Services
http://transmission.bpa.gov/
NOTE: As a "cost cutting measure", BPA officially switched to a commercial,
3rd party, "off-the-shelf" powerflow software package, that actually took
many years following that decision to be improved and upgraded sufficiently
to the point where it could come close to the capability of IPF for the
percentage of "successfully solved" power flow base cases. At present,
continued support of IPF is on a volunteer basis by some of the original
BPA developers and current users. Many utilities around the world still
use IPF, due to its quality of system solutions, minimal cost, and ease of
use. It is public domain software, with certain license restrictions, as
described in the license on the IPF website.
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Todd And Margo Chester <
toddandma...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Guys,
I have an extremely intelligent retired college professor for
a customer. He writes doctor level text books on structural
engineering. He is a sweet old duffer with an I.Q. I would guess
at 200.
Part of what he does in his text books is give Fortran code to
go along with the extremely complicated equations in his books.
He has asked me to put him together a new computer (I figure
Fedora Core 15 x64 bit).
I do not know squat about Fortran compilers.
Question: is there a good Fortran environment I should put on
his new computer? Bear in mind when you answer, that if my customer
likes your suggestion, doctoral engineering students will be required
to use it (tormented with it).
Many thanks,
-T
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