Hi:

Just a question: Are there FORTRAN compilers that allow REAL*16 calculations on
a PC, or add-ins that permit this?  I'm running a code which employs
Newton-Raphson method on a geochemical problem, but it sometimes becomes
ill-conditioned and fails to converge in part due to the limits of REAL*8
arithmetic.  Are the new generation of PC processors able to deal with REAL*16
data?

REAL*4 = 32 bit Floating point
REAL*8 = 64 bit Floating point
REAL*16 = 128 bit Floating point

Any thoughts?

Mit freundlichem Glückauf!

Dan ii

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Quoting Bill Wingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Rajni Gaur,
>
> > I want to run a fortran based code for the variogram analysis. Could
> > any one suggest me the free fortran compilers available on the
> > internet ( indeed a good one too) and how to start with it.
> >
> > Thanks to all of you and i wish all a very "Merry Xmas".
>
> I've had good luck with gfortran.  This is a free FORTRAN 95 compiler.
> There are binaries for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
>
>      http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortran
>      http://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Bill Wingle
>
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