Re: [Boost-build] How to build F77 sources?

From: Thomas Klimpel (thomas.klimpel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-02 15:52:13

> > Did I succeed in creating even more confusion? 
> 
> No, you failed in that :-) Things appear to be clear at this point.
> Almost.
> Are those g77 and gfortran binaries a part of gcc, and typically installed
> in
> the same directories, or some separate tool? I *guess* that gfortran
> should
> be part of gcc, but that all is a wild guess.

gfortran is an optional part of gcc. It will typically be installed in the same directories.

g77 was also an optional part of gcc, but since g77 is no longer updated, it will probably be some sort of separate tool now.

>From http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranG77:
Why is g77 currently not supported? gcc-4.0 changed the front end interface for all languages in gcc. No volunteer or company stepped up to update g77 to the gcc-4.0 infrastructure, so it was dropped from the source tree. The Fortran-95 front end for gcc was under active development, so it has taken g77's place as the fortran compiler that is part of gcc.

Regards,
Thomas
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