Compaq announce the release of Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6
30 March, 2002
Compaq announce the release of Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6
If you are a user of 6.5, you can upgrade to version 6.6 for free! You can download this patch or contact Hearne Scientific Software to request a CD of the upgrade to be sent out. Please remember to include your previous serial number and a postal address. Users of earlier version of Visual Fortran can upgrade by following this link
New Features
There are many new features and improvements in version 6.6, but the most important additions are:
- INTEGER*8 and LOGICAL*8
- Intel Pentium 4 Optimization
Compaq Visual fortran Licenses can now be purchased as concurrent licenses using the FlexLM license manager.
Fortran continues to be the development language of choice for high-performance scientific, engineering and technical applications. Compaq Visual Fortran shares a common code base with Compaq's Fortran 95 compilers for Tru64 UNIX, Linux Alpha and OpenVMS Alpha systems, giving broad source compatibility and rapid advancement in features and performance. The use of other languages in technical development such as C++ demands that Fortran supports mixed-language application development. Because Compaq Visual Fortran includes Microsoft's Visual C++ 6.0 development environment and "Developer Studio" tool set, Compaq has the unique advantage among PC Fortran vendors that it supports mixed-language development with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 within a common development environment.