1. Microsoft Fortran Powerstation 4.0 Serial 2

i have ELF90 on win98, and i would change compiler; i would a visual compiler. I'd buy compaq visual fortran but from a friend of mine i could have Fortran Power Station 4.0. Something about F power station 4.0? Which difference between with compaq visual fortran? In particular i need to write and read from serial/parallel portSeveral different question above, so I have several answers.1. Fortran Powerstation 4.0 is an old compiler that is no longer supported.It is also very buggy. I would strongly recommend against switchingto this as a new compiler.2.

The term 'visual' has more to do with marketing than with any actualproperties of a compiler. It doesn't actually mean much at all.3. There is a compiler named F. It is somewhat of a competitor to ELF90.Like ELF90, F supports only a subset of f90 - not the full language.The subsets of ELF90 and F have similarities, but are not identical.Both are intended to emphasize inclusion of features that the writersof ELF90 and F view as modern, excluding features that they view asbeing holdovers mostly to support old codes. F is freely available;see.Note that the 'powerstation 4.0' business has nothing to do with For with anything other than the one old, buggy Microsoft compilerof that name. THat term refers to that particular compiler only;it is not a generic term.4.

CVF and Powerstation 4.0 are different compilers from different vendors.As mentioned above, Powerstation 4.0 is not longer sold or supported.Both compilers run under Windows, both have the word 'visual' in theirname, and both use the Microsoft 'visual' IDE (integrated developmentenvironment).5. Interfacing with the serial port is best done with libraries that providethe functionality. I recall that such a library, named something likesport, presumably for 'Serial PORT', comes with recent versions of CVF.Libraries for the purpose are probably available for other compilers also.I don't recall details because it hasn't been of interest to me.I suspect a google search of old postings to this newsgroup wouldlikely find material on them.-Richard Maineemail: my last name at domaindomain: isomedia dot comWed, 22 Jun 2005 03:25:32 GMT.

Microsoft Fortran Powerstation 4.0 Serial 2

Hii have ELF90 on win98, and i would change compiler; i would a visualcompiler. I'd buy compaq visual fortran but from a friend of mine i couldhave Fortran Power Station 4.0. Something about F power station 4.0? Which difference between with compaq visual fortran?In particular i need to write and read from serial/parallel portRichard has given you the good answers to MS FPS 4.0.Unless you absolutely can't afford it, buying CVF is the way to go.I've used the SPORT serial port routines in CVF.

They are very easyto use, and work well. If your main interest is in serial I/O, thatalone tips the balance heavily to CVF.Don't know about accessing the printer port, other than for printing.Ken PlotkinWed, 22 Jun 2005 11:15:45 GMT. i have ELF90 on win98, and i would change compiler; i would a visual compiler. I'd buy compaq visual fortran but from a friend of mine i could have Fortran Power Station 4.0. Something about F power station 4.0?

Is visual? Which difference between with compaq visual fortran? In particular i need to write and read from serial/parallel port Several different question above, so I have several answers.

1. Fortran Powerstation 4.0 is an old compiler that is no longer supported. It is also very buggy. I would strongly recommend against switching to this as a new compiler. 2. The term 'visual' has more to do with marketing than with any actual properties of a compiler. It doesn't actually mean much at all.

3. There is a compiler named F.

It is somewhat of a competitor to ELF90. Like ELF90, F supports only a subset of f90 - not the full language. The subsets of ELF90 and F have similarities, but are not identical. Both are intended to emphasize inclusion of features that the writers of ELF90 and F view as modern, excluding features that they view as being holdovers mostly to support old codes. F is freely available; see.

Note that the 'powerstation 4.0' business has nothing to do with F or with anything other than the one old, buggy Microsoft compiler of that name. THat term refers to that particular compiler only; it is not a generic term.

4. CVF and Powerstation 4.0 are different compilers from different vendors. As mentioned above, Powerstation 4.0 is not longer sold or supported.

Both compilers run under Windows, both have the word 'visual' in their name, and both use the Microsoft 'visual' IDE (integrated development environment).One slight clarification: I don't believe that MS ever explicitlymarketed Fortran Powerstation as 'visual Fortran'. In fact, it seemedto take some pains to avoid including listing Fortran when marketing the'visual studio' product and other associated compilers. It did in onevery isolated and targeted Fortran ad that I saw, in very tiny type,include a phrase similar to 'part of the Microsoft visual developmentfamily of products'.

But in all other adverts that I saw, it used the'Powerstation' moniker.Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:53:40 GMT.

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