Silverfrost FTN95 User Reviews
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"Very interesting, but overly complex"
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 6.10
Pros
shorter programs than BASIC. Fast output. Good debugging.
Seems very powerful once you find the handle.Cons
Tutorial inadequate. Some illustrative programs wouldn't run and returned "RUN_TIME errors.
Summary
I'm on lesson 6 and will continue to the end. Might prove useful. Frankly, BASIC does it easier despite longer programming. Your tutorial should have been written by a teacher rather than a computer scientist.
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"Compiler works very well and the IDE is great"
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.5
Pros
It is fully compatible.
Cons
I don't have anything to add here.
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"reliable & straight-forward"
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.4
Pros
It's a normal fast Fortran compiler
Cons
could use an update to the interface with "help" screens
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Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.30
Pros
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"I would like to use it before UI review it."
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.21
Pros
It is free and has ability to deal with large numbers
Cons
The help document is long and includes references to other programs that I am not familiar with.
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"Unable to compile"
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.21
Pros
Easy installation but I have been not able to compile with your Force 2.0
Cons
Sirs! I installed the FTN95 5.21 without problems. I also installed Force 2.0 and it seems that it is running well. But the compilation stopped before producing anything.
Summary
I cannot tell yet. Please, give me any hint to overcome the impossibility to compile under Vista Ultimate in a Fujitsu Amilo.Anyone knows what is happening?
When I tried to compile a program my system (Vista Ultimate) stopped the process after a while and no object nor executable was created from a simple source program which writes Hello!. -
"This FTN95 5.21 is fit to use for a scientific research"
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.21
Pros
I am much satisfied with this FTN95 5.21.
Cons
I would like to have a full manual documents. The user guide provided was too simple.
Summary
This product is well fited to use for scientifc research that I am involved in. In using 95FTN, I met some difficulty at start, because I used FORTRAN long time ago, say 20 years ago. And I am restart to use FORTRAN again. I would like to have full FORTRAN manual, but provided user's guide was too simple to restart FORTRAN. Anyway, I am very much satisfied with FTN95 5.21. Thank you very much for Silverfrost FTN95 5.21
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"Something is wrong with the download"
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.21
Pros
Seems to download ok
Cons
In trying to install, installer firsts opens the programs and then says that I requested total removal of the program (which i did not do). The program then proceeds to remove all traces of the installation.
Summary
If I can get a copy that I can really and truly install, I would be glad to review its operation.
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"Best way to program in Windows"
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.21
Pros
Built in GUI builder, scientific graphics, bitmap handling and OpenGL if you want fast and powerful Windows programming. I use all that all the time. Most rigorous error checking among all Fortran compilers based on Polyhedron tests. And with /undef and /full_debug finds the most hidden errors you suspected but couldn't find in your code for 20 years :-). Great at making fun at colleagues by finding unbelievable amount of errors, mostly small, but sometimes really serious, in their codes if they use different compilers. With multithreading it is ready for multicore processors. Capable of .NET and has own C++ where you can do such tricks as mixing Fortran and C in the same code. Is most compatible with all older Fortran77 codes. Champion in compilation speed, an order faster at least. Helpful community on the web. My preferred one.
Cons
Mentioned above crazy amount of features and debugging capabilities came at a price that it builds not the fastest executables, but your mileage may vary. When you build larger and larger codes though you realize that being 10% or even 30% faster is not the most important factor. From my fox hole, my development and debugging time is #1. In some cases I also use Intel Fortran, which in average creates faster executables, but does not have all mentioned benefits, for potential squeezing of last drops of performance, though, again, probably this is not worth of time - each new upgrade to new fastest processor gives me exponentially more juice compared to optimization which is just linear factor. YMMV but not very much.
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"Outstanding compiler"
Version: Silverfrost FTN95 5.21
Pros
can be used in a GUI or command line fashion; has meaningful error messages
Cons
run time errors erase all previous output to point of failure
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