[Rd] Fortran (Was: Re: [R] linux compile options (64-bit))

[Göran Broström]

On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:12:08PM +0200, Göran Broström wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 10:58:31AM +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
> > The problems we are seeing with gcc4 are mainly (but not 
> > entirely) with gfortran: it seems not quite ready for production use.
> > -4.0.1 is already a considerable improvement over -4.0.0.
> > 
> > There is another project (www.g95.org) that is using a slightly different 
> > version of these sources, and either g95 or gfortran can be used with 
> > gcc3 if you want to use F95 sources.  However, F95 is unlikely to be 
> > suitable for use in distributed R packages for a long time to come.
> 
> Thanks; I'll stick to 3.4.4(!) and f77 for the time being.

One short follow-up question on the F77/95 theme: In my CRAN packages, I use
the construct "do while ... end do" in my fortran sources. This is AFAIK not
strict F77, but an extension in g77, and standard in F95. "-pedantic" does not 
complain about this; on the other hand "---it finds some non-ANSI
practices, but not all" (from 'man g77').

Should I rewrite the "do while...end do" parts? (Please answer NO!:)


Göran