------- Comment #2 from bdavis at gcc dot gnu dot org 2007-11-17 22:35 -------
here is what i got on a P4, running FC8.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ /usr/bin/gfortran -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i386-redhat-linux
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-libunwind-exceptions
--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk
--disable-dssi --enable-plugin
--with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre
--enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode
--with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-cpu=generic
--host=i386-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ /usr/bin/gfortran demo1.f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ time ./a.out
result = -0.690680926641407
real 0m0.948s
user 0m0.914s
sys 0m0.002s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ /usr/bin/gfortran demo2.f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ time ./a.out
result = 1570795059.20410
real 0m1.853s
user 0m1.808s
sys 0m0.004s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ g77 --version
GNU Fortran (GCC) 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Fortran comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Fortran
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING
or type the command `info -f g77 Copying'.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ g77 demo1.f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ time ./a.out
result = -0.990368962
real 0m0.938s
user 0m0.912s
sys 0m0.002s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ g77 demo2.f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] gfc]$ time ./a.out
result = 1.57079506E+09
real 0m2.386s
user 0m2.354s
sys 0m0.004s
gfortran g77
demo1 0m0.948s 0m0.938s
demo2 0m1.853s 0m2.386s
the answers were different on demo1.f
with these versions, and on the P4 under linux, i say gfortran is OK.
--bud
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34128