State-of-the-Art Fortran Compiler Released
Summary
Lisle, IL, September 08, 2010 --( Malcolm Cohen, a NAG principal technical consultant and Editor of the ISO/IEC Fortran Standard comments, “Fortran users do not always consider that they ought not to depend on a single compiler, which may be set to sacrifice accuracy, standards-conformance and portability in exchange for speed.Key new NAG Fortran Compiler features include: -More information, including line number, displayed in runtime messages -More Fortran 2003 Features -Quad precision real and complex -I/O library multi-threaded for performance -Improved RANDOM_NUMBER generator A complete listing of NAG Fortran Builder features can be found at (www.nag.com/market/np/fortranbuilder ) Trials are available at (www.nag.com/market/trialrequest/NPW) With origins in several UK universities, the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG, www.nag.com) has its headquarters in Oxford, and is a not-for-profit organization that collaborates with world-leading researchers and practitioners in academia and industry.NAG serves its customers from offices in Oxford, Manchester, Chicago, Tokyo and Taipei, through field sales staff in France and Germany, as well as via a global network of distributors.### For accompanying graphic--- http://www.almcommunications.com/clientphotos/nag/NAG%20Fortran%20Builder%20300dpi.jpg For editorial inquiries, please contact: Amy Munice, ALM Communications, nag@almcommunications.com, +1-773-862-6800, (skype) ALMCommunications.This release features a virtually complete implementation of the latest Fortran 2003 standard and an integrated development environment.Malcolm Cohen, a NAG principal technical consultant and Editor of the ISO/IEC Fortran Standard comments, “Fortran users do not always consider that they ought not to depend on a single compiler, which may be set to sacrifice accuracy, standards-conformance and portability in exchange for speed.