Jo Shields wrote: > A J Stiles wrote: >> On Tuesday 12 September 2006 18:00, João Marcelo wrote: >> >>> Hello Everybody, >>> >>> I'm trying to install Intel Fortran Compiler 9.1.036 on my Debian AMD64 >>> Opteron Box. Unfortunely, i can't use gnu fortran to compile the >>> application i want (http://www.cpmd.org/), because it needs the 'Cray >>> Pointer' extension to Fortran 77 for dynamical memory management. >>> According >>> to >>> http://www.theochem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~axel.kohlmeyer/cpmd-linux.html >>> doesn't handle the above extension. So I have to use Intel's >>> compiler, that >>> is free of charge, but not open source :-( . >>> >> >> The latest GNU gFortran has the extensions you need and will produce a >> 64-bit native executable optimised for an AMD processor, rather than >> one optimised for an inferior brand of 32-bit processor. >> >> You should *never* install *any* software which does not come with >> source code -- you don't know where it's been. If the software vendor >> isn't prepared to show you the source code, that's a clear sign that >> there is something in there that they don't want you to see. >> >> You wouldn't buy a cake that didn't have a list of ingredients on the >> box, would you? > > I drink a whole lot o' booze, and that never has an ingredients list > > Hmmm... Well, here in the US the alcohol per cent by volume is listed, but, yes, the other ingredients, eg.: hops, barley, wheat, etc., are not.
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