This Email is in response to the many postings that we have
seen recently. We thought it prudent to make this announcement:
We recently made a version of VAST/f90 for Linux available to a
few users. Our intention was to get some feedback and then make a
general announcement; however, interest has outpaced our "feedback"
period.
So far we've gotten good reports, particularly on the performance of
the generated code. (And the performance is even better if the
professional version with additional optimizations is used.)
We'd like to note that there are some minor limitations, and we
encourage you to view the restrictions posted on our web site. We
appreciate any feedback on the product. See http://www.psrv.com
One other comment: we suggest that you update your version of g77.
(VAST/f90 uses g77 to compile the intermediate code.) We used g77
0.5.21 to build the runtime library, which is used for dynamic memory
management and certain f90 intrinsic functions. The most common
complaint we've received so far has been caused by people using an
older version of g77, which results in a link-time error due to an
unresolved (g77_exit) routine. You'll need g77 0.5.21 or newer
(I understand that 0.5.23 was recently released) in order for dynamic
memory allocation to work.
We appreciate any and all feedback. If you have any questions or comments,
please let me know. You can download the free personal version
by going to http://www.psrv.com and following the links for the linux/f90
version.
Sincerely,
David McNamara
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David McNamara
Sofware Development Manager, Compiler Technology Group
Pacific-Sierra Research Corp.
2901 28th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310)314-2338, Fax (310)314-2323, Email: [log in to unmask]
WWW: http://www.psrv.com/
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