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Folks, This was posted to [log in to unmask] I thought I'd pass it on here in case anyone felt like putting an oar in. Norman Begin forwarded message: > From: "Lionel, Steve" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 2006 January 13 17.14.37 GMT. > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Greetings from the Intel Fortran Compiler Team > > Dear Apple Fortran developers, > > Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Steve Lionel from the Intel > Fortran Compiler team, part of Intel's Software and Solutions Group. > Some of you may know me from my participation in comp.lang.fortran > over > the years. Intel may be new to the Apple platform, but we're not > new to > Fortran. Our Fortran compiler team has history going back more > than 30 > years, starting with DEC Fortran for the PDP-10, through Fortran > compilers for the DEC PDP-11, VAX and Alpha line, Compaq Visual > Fortran > for Windows, and now Intel Fortran Compilers for Linux and Windows. > > As you're probably aware, Intel intends to offer its Fortran (and C/ > C++) > compilers for Mac OS X on Intel-based Macs. These compilers will (at > first) look a lot like our current Linux compilers, so if you want to > learn about their capabilities, please visit > http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/compilers/ Our > compilers will offer Xcode integration for both Fortran and C/C++ and > will be native-mode compilers only. (Creation of universal binaries > using the Intel compilers for the Intel architecture will be > possible.) > If you have an Intel-based Mac you are invited to join our beta > test by > visiting http://www.intel.com/software/apple Intel has not yet > announced pricing or availability for these products. > > I am hoping that members of this list will let us know what Fortran > features are important to them. You can post to this list, which I'll > be following, or send me mail directly with your comments and > requests. > I'll also note that we have a good working relationship with Absoft > and > look forward to learning from their experience as well. > > Steve Lionel > Senior Member Technical Staff > Software and Solutions Group > Nashua, NH > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Fortran-dev mailing list ([log in to unmask]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/fortran-dev/norman% > 40astro.gla.ac.uk > > This email sent to [log in to unmask] -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Norman Gray / http://nxg.me.uk eurovotech.org / University of Leicester, UK