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Absoft Pro for Mac OS Intel

New Absoft Pro Fortran for Mac OS
on Intel®

64-bit Fortran for Mac OS/Intel
Includes full 32/64-bit Development Suite

“I have been quite pleased with the performance of the Absoft Pro Fortran v10 compiler and associated tools. Working with the Absoft tools on an Intel based system has been a pleasure, especially considering the speed of compilation and execution of my resulting programs!”

Leon Wittwer, Retired - US Federal Government

 

Faster Code + Better Tools + Easier to Use!

Fortran for Mac OS/Intel:

 Absoft Pro Fortran v10 - Fortran solution for Mac OS/Intel. Installs and runs on either Tiger or Leopard and provides superior performance in both 32-bit and 64-bit mode. Also included with the products is; a complete Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with programmer's editor, auto-make, graphical debugger, MRWE application framework, math libraries, graphics and free support. Everything is included in one package. Easy to install, nothing else to buy and nothing else to learn!

Take advantage of the superior performance of Absoft's 64-bit compilers. See Polyhedron Fortran Benchmark Comparison - 64-bit runs faster than 32-bit code.

Mac OS/PPC (G4/G5) users please see Pro Fortran V9.22

Absoft Fortran Mac OSX Tiger Leapard

  Product information

- Product Overview
- Included in Release
- System Requirements
- Try and Buy

Related information

- Compatibility & Companion Products
- Documentation
- Technical Support
- Additional Information / Notices

Product Overview
Faster Code    
- Advanced global optimizers produce industry-leading performance for both 32-bit and 64-bit code.
- Existing Pro Fortran v9.2 (OSX/PPC) customers may experience up to a 3X speed increase on their Intel based Macs after recompiling with Pro Fortran v10.
- Tools for auto conversion of serial code into code for multiple processors are available as an option.

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Better Tools

Fortrans from Sun, SGI and Cray.
- Single compilation command produces a file ready for debugging application.
- Quad precision supported
- Includes graphical Fx3 debugger designed for Fortran and C
- MRWE application framework (full Fortran source included) automatically generates double click-able applications with user modifiable I/O windows.
- High performance math libraries included
- Absoft tools are compatible with Apple tools and the gnu tool chain.
- VAST-F/Parallel tools for auto conversion of serial code into code for multiple processors are available as an option.
- IMSL numerical libraries and Winteracter cross platform gui/graphics tools are planned as future options 
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Easier to Use

- Designed for Fortran programmers and mixed Fortran/C development
- Build applications from integrated graphical environment or from command lines
- Included documentation provides step-by-step instructions through: code development, compile, run, debug and edit stages.
- Includes documentation on building mixed Fortran / C applications and using third party libraries
- Build 32-bit or 64-bit applications with one tool set from a single code base
- Re-host your application on Mac/PPC, Windows or Linux with a simple recompile
- IDE designed to support select third party applications as plug-ins
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Included in Release
Pro Fortran language compiler suite which includes:
  • 32/64-bit Fortran compilers
  • Editor, Development Environment (IDE), Fx3™ Debugging Solution, and Application Framework (MRWE)
  • PLplot Graphics
  • Example programs
  • VAX/Unix compatibility libraries
  • User Guide, Reference Manuals in indexed PDF format

Additional libraries, tools and resources:

  • LAPACK/BLAS version 3.1.0 - pre-compiled linear algebra library (32-bit and 64 bit)
  • LAPACK95 version 3.0 - Fortran 95 interface to LAPACK/BLAS (32 and 64 bit)
  • ATLAS version 3.6.0 - pre-built machine optimized BLAS libraries (32 and 64 bit)
  • HDF5 version 1.6.4 - Hierarchical Data Format pre-compiled libraries (32 bit only)
  • F90GL version 1.2.7 - Fortran 95 interface for OpenGL (32 bit only at this time)
  • PLPLOT - version 5.1.0 - 2d graphics and plotting library (32 bit only at this time)
 
System Requirements

 Mac OS Intel Systems:

  • Core Duo, Core2 Duo or Mac Pro Intel based systems running OS 10.4.8 or above
  • Xcode 2.4

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Try and Buy

A 30-day evaluation version of the Absoft Pro Fortran compiler for Mac OS/Intel is available

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Compatibility and Companion Products

Absoft Pro Fortran uses an extended version of the Cray CF90 front end and adheres to the latest ISO and ANSI Fortran 95 standards. Extensions from all major workstations have been added to make sure your code ports from any environment with minimal effort. Absoft Fortran compilers conform to all DoD MIL-STD 1753, FIPS 69-1, and POSIX standards, support most popular VAX/VMS extensions including RECORD, STRUCTURE, POINTER, and UNION, (per V5.4 of VMS FORTRAN), QUAD (REAL*16) data types as well as others from IBM/VS, Cray, Sun FORTRAN as well as FORTRAN 66 conventions. Automatic byte-swapping and full integration with many third party tools means porting code from virtually any environment requires little more than a recompilation without rewriting code. The F95 compiler can operate in F95, F90 or F77 modes.  

VAST-F/Parallel - Pre-processor that automatically parallelizes source code 

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Technical Support

Full technical support from friendly technicians is included at no additional charge with each new product from Absoft. To ensure your software continues running at maximum efficiency, all registered Absoft customers can download service packs and quick fixes at no charge. Customers and partners can subscribe to Absoft's free electronic mailing list to receive electronic bulletins and update notices advising of new updates, changes in product releases, new product announcements and other news.

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Documentation

Pro Fortran V10 for Mac OS Intel User Guide

Fx3 Debugger User Guide

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Debugger Options
  • Fx3 Debugging Solution 
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Additional Information / Notices

A single VAST license allows both 32-bit and 64-bit code development.

VAST users coming from Pro Fortran 9.2 for Mac OS X will need to purchase a new VAST license that is compatible with the
new V10 Mac OS/Intel compiler.

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