Just for the record, the Fortran sources for all the SHELX programs are
identical for Windows (32 or 64 bit), Linux (32 or 64 bit) and MacOSX
(always 64 bit) except for one line that I need to comment out for
Windows. I use the Intel ifort compiler for all these platforms. I pay
the commercial license fee because SHELX is also used by a few firms,
but I understand that the ifort compiler is now free for academic use.
Most of my programs use the Intel MKL numerical library that however
costs money, but I am working on eliminating it. I do all the
development under 64-bit SUSE Linux and simply compile for the other
platforms.
George
On 10/14/2016 06:43 PM, Harry Powell wrote:
Hi
On this point, I have (for many years) built my Windows executables on
a Mac with a cross-compiler; it is possible to install MinGW on a
Windows box and have gcc, g++, gfortran available. If you want X
windows & the compilers, you could install Cygwin. However, I'd prefer
to use a proper Unix-style environment...
On 14 Oct 2016, at 17:31, Patrick Loll <pat.l...@drexel.edu
<mailto:pat.l...@drexel.edu>> wrote:
How about the ability to compile code? Are there decent compilers
readily available for Windows? I like being able to write & compile
the occasional fortran program {hic sunt dinosaurs}, and it’s easy to
do this on a unix-based platform like OSX.
Harry
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Dr Harry Powell
Chairman of International Union of Crystallography Commission on
Crystallographic Computing
Chairman of European Crystallographic Association SIG9
(Crystallographic Computing)
On 14 Oct 2016, at 17:31, Patrick Loll <pat.l...@drexel.edu
<mailto:pat.l...@drexel.edu>> wrote:
How about the ability to compile code? Are there decent compilers
readily available for Windows? I like being able to write & compile
the occasional fortran program {hic sunt dinosaurs}, and it’s easy to
do this on a unix-based platform like OSX.
If your reasoned arguments fail, I have found that many institutions'
information technology administrators are easily intimidated by a few
random references to unix (Rsync! Grep! Bash!). Such words seem to
function as charms that keep evil spirits (i.e. IT administrators) at
bay.
On 14 Oct 2016, at 11:14 AM, Mark J van Raaij
<mjvanra...@cnb.csic.es <mailto:mjvanra...@cnb.csic.es>> wrote:
Dear All,
our institution requires me to provide a reasoning not to buy a
Windows computer (I want to buy a new MacOSX system), so I am
looking for software that does not run or is limited on Windows.
Not available:
(Auto)SHARP
ARPWARP
Available on Windows but with significant limitations
Phenix (no MR-Rosetta, no parallelization)
CCP4 (limitations on file-names)
Please correct me if pertinent and provide additional examples if
possible.
Gratefully yours,
Mark
Mark J van Raaij
Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC
calle Darwin 3
E-28049 Madrid, Spain
tel. (+34) 91 585 4616
http://wwwuser.cnb.csic.es/~mjvanraaij
<http://wwwuser.cnb.csic.es/%7Emjvanraaij>
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Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Room 10-102 New College Building
245 N. 15th St., Mailstop 497
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA
(215) 762-7706
pat.l...@drexelmed.edu <mailto:pat.l...@drexelmed.edu>
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Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS
Dept. Structural Chemistry,
University of Goettingen,
Tammannstr. 4,
D37077 Goettingen, Germany
Tel. +49-551-39-33021 or -33068
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