Absoft releases Pro Fortran 9.0 for Mac OS X
updated 03:45 pm EDT, Wed August 11, 2004
Pro Fortran 9.0 released
Absoft Corporation has released for Mac OS X. The Fortran tool kit includes Fortran 95 and C/C++ compilers, a powerful IDE, the market-leading Fx2 Debugger, and free graphics libraries. Absoft says Pro Fortran is fully compatible with all Apple tools and libraries and is specially optimized for the G5 processor. The Absoft IDE is a stand-alone tool suite that provides graphical interfaces for multiple compilers for OS X (Pro Fortran, IBM XL Fortran, IBM XL C/C++, and gcc) and select third-party tools and libraries (VAST, IMSL, 2D/3D graphics, LAPACK90). Version 9 supports Fortran 2003 features in the compiler, generates up to 25% faster code, and offers suppor tfor IBM XL compilers in the Fx2 debugger. It is available for $900.
