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 Absoft Pro Fortran Compiler Suite For MacOS/PPC (G5)

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The Only Fortran Available That Delivers Everything Developers Need
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Building applications with Absoft Pro Fortran v9.5 on Intel Macintosh systems:

1. Include these 2 lines inside your .bash_profile in your home directory to be able to use the command line to compile a program:

• export ABSOFT_AS="as -arch ppc"
• export ABSOFT_LINKER="c++ -arch ppc"

2. To use the Developer Tools on an Intel based Macintosh, look under the build tab in project options and you will find a field that says "Link", it should say "c++" in that field. Add "-arch ppc" to the field so it contains "c++ -arch ppc".

3. You will also need to set an environment variable that all applications can view. This can be done by downloading the RCEnvironment application.

Then setup a new variable by clicking the "+", then in the variable field specify "ABSOFT_AS", and for the value field of this variable specify "as -arch ppc" .

 

New and Enhanced Features:

• Full Leopard compatibility
• New Fx3 graphical debugger has added functionality, an improved user interface and increased support for C
• Includes Absoft C compiler and is also fully compatible with Apple C/C++ for developing mixed Fortran/C applications
• Improved I/O

Enhanced Fortran/C IDE included at no additional charge!

• Improved functionality and ease of operation
  
• Designed specifically for Fortran/C development it provides both graphical and command line interfaces for compiler and debugger.
• Programmer's Fortran and C/C++ savvy editor
• MRWE application framework - Absoft exclusive!
  
• Supports select third party products as plug-ins in addition to Absoft tools
• Existing IMSL and VAST for v9.0 or v9.2 are fully compatible with v9.5
  
• Same functionality on Linux, Windows and Mac - one learning curve for all systems
  

More Benefits:

• Runs native on Mac OS G4/5 and under Rosetta on Mac OS Intel
• Highly optimized 64-bit and 32-bit ANSI/ISO F95 compiler modes which include G5 specific optimizers and allow addressing of all available memory. Compilers support all popular workstation extensions and are link/debug compatible with Absoft C and Apple C (GNU)
  
• Simple commands allows selecting application builds for either 64-bit and 32-bit environments
• Pre-configured BLAS, LAPACK90, ATLAS, HDF, VAX/Unix 2D/3D graphics libraries included on distribution CD. Some optimized for G5. Optional tools for auto parallelizing and vectorizing code and special function math libraries available
• Source compatible versions available for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and AMD64. Multi-platform discounts available
  

More Features:

• Most complete and easiest to use Fortran solution for MacOS/PPC - Nothing else to buy
• Includes both 32-bit & 64-bit Fortran compilers
• Highly optimized F95 compilers generate best-of-class performance for 32-bit and 64-bit processors
• Absoft Fortran 95 compiler operates in F95, F90 and F77 modes and supports all popular workstation extensions
• Includes a C/C++ compiler
• Complete Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with color programmer's editor, debugger, and ability to execute select third party programs as plug-ins. All Pro Fortran compilers can be executed equally well from the IDE or command line
• UNIX/VAX compatibility libraries rewritten as 'libraries' and 'modules' for better interfacing with Fortran 95
• 64-bit versions of ATLAS math libraries for single and dual processors are included
• The ability to use a BLAS tuned to the machine for better matrix multiplication (matmul) intrinsic performance
• The inclusion of IEEE_ARITHMETIC, IEEE_EXCEPTIONS, and IEEE_FEATURES modules
• GUI Support for setting MRWE window size preferences
• Absoft Editor (AE) with Customizable print Headers and Footers & Convert to upper or lower case commands
  
• Optional tools are available for automatically converting serial code to code designed for dual processors
• Numerical libraries with special functions for mathematics and statistics; and Visualization libraries with special numerical and visualization functions are available
• Source compatible versions available for MacOS/Intel, Windows and Linux - Multi-platform discounts available
  

Easy to install, Pro Fortran includes a comprehensive, easy to use Integrated Development Environment (IDE) designed for programmers. The compilers can be run either from the command line or the GUI and select third party products such as IMSL or VAST tools can be run as plug-ins from the IDE.

Mix and match development in Fortran and C++ with Absoft and IBM compilers in a single environment. A single copy of optional third party tools such as VAST can be shared between Absoft 64-bit and 32-bit compilers.

Linking with C is simple and straightforward from Pro Fortran. The Absoft Fx3 Debugging Solution, included at no charge, is one of the few debugging tools which can properly debug both Fortran and C code.

AltiVec/Velocity Engine Support

VAST-F/Vector is an optional pre-processor, compatible with 64-bit and 32-bit environments, which automatically restructures your code for AltiVec. Please note AltiVec supports single precision only.

• AltiVec support can be easily accessed simply by selecting options in the Absoft Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
• BLAS and LAPACK90 libraries optimized for Velocity Engine (included) offer performance increases of up to 2x
  
• F90/95 intrinsic functions optimized for Velocity Engine
• Pre-compiled Velocity Engine optimized IMSL Fortran Numerical Library (Low cost bundle option)
  
• VAST-F/Vector - pre-processor which automatically inserts AltiVec instructions in your code. (Low cost bundle option)
  

Multi-processor and OpenMP support

Absoft has partnered with Crescent Bay Software to provide leading edge technology to maximize performance on dual processor systems. VAST-F/Parallel is an available option. VAST-F/P is a pre-processor which automatically restructures your code for dual processors. The original source is also maintained. VAST also performs superscalar optimizations and provides full support for OpenMP.

Environment

Complete IDE (Integrated Development Environment) includes programmer's editor, compilers, multi-language debugger with Carbon interface, application framework and support for XL Fortran and XL C/C++. Full link and debug compatibility with Apple C. All compilers can be run from GUI or command line. IDE is easy to use but very powerful and flexible for advanced users.

Editor

The Absoft Editor is a powerful and flexible tool for creating and maintaining program source files in FORTRAN 77, FORTRAN 90/95, C and C++. The editor is source language sensitive and will display keywords and comments in different text colors, making keywords easier to distinguish in your source code. With the Absoft Editor, you can edit multiple files at the same time, launch a compiler, and return to the editor to correct syntax errors detected by the compiler. The Absoft Editor is a Mac OS X program. Third party editors are also supported.

Application Framework

MRWE (Macintosh Runtime Window Environment) can automatically add a basic Mac style interface to any compiled application. Written entirely in Fortran 95, full, documented source is provided as example of writing Carbon applications which access the Mac toolbox. MRWE can easily be modified to add special features or change functionality.

Graphics

Includes a version of PLplot, a library of functions that are useful for making scientific plots. PLplot can be called from C, C++ and FORTRAN. The PLplot library can be used to create standard x-y plots, semilog plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D plots, mesh plots, bar charts and pie charts. Multiple graphs (of the same or different sizes) may be placed on a single page with multiple lines in each graph.

There are almost 2000 characters in the extended character set. This includes four different fonts, the Greek alphabet and a host of mathematical, musical and other symbols.

PLplot requires OS X 10.1 or later and is available for OS X, Windows, x86/Linux and x64/Linux making porting graphics between any of these environmets a straightforward process. Complete documentation is provided in pdf format. PLplot is provided under LGPL.

More Advanced:

• Allocatable components
  
• IEEE floating point exception handling
• Pointers with INTENT attributes
• PROTECTED attributes
  
• VALUE attributes
• VOLATILE attributes
  

VAST is a family of powerful software tools which can convert serial code into code designed for multiplel processors or Vectorizing code. All code restructuring can be done automatically at the click of a mouse. The original source files are retained in unmodified form.

• VAST-F/Parallel is a Pre-processor that automatically parallelizes source code
• VAST-F/Vector - Pre-processor that automatically vectorizes source code
  

The process of combining Fortran and C routines into a single application has been a major frustration to many programmers.

Absoft Pro Fortrans provide a solution: We include a C/C++ compiler for MacOS/PPC and our compilers are link-compatible with Apple C. Mixed Fortran/C applications are easily generated entirely from within the development environment or can be easily linked with code created in Apple C. Example code is provided in the documentation.

Includes a flexible graphics library called PLplot. PLplot can be called from Fortran as well as C/C++ and can create standard x-y plots, semilog plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D plots, mesh plots, bar charts and pie charts.

Multiple graphs (of the same or different sizes) may be placed on a single page with multiple lines in each graph. Output can be to your monitor, a file, a printer or in postscript format.

There are almost 2000 characters in the extended character set including four different fonts, the Greek alphabet and a host of mathematical, musical and other symbols. PLplot is included on all versions of Pro Fortran and is source compatible across Linux, Windows and Mac platforms. HDF precompiled libraries are included with every copy of Pro Fortran.

Absoft manufactures high performance Fortran compiler suites for Windows, Macintosh(Intel & PPC), Intel/AMD Linux and PPC/Linux based systems.

Absoft compiler suites are source compatible across the different platforms which means that in most cases, only a recompile is needed to port code from one environment to another.

You'll Get:

• Both 32-bit & 64-bit Fortran and C/C++ compilers
• Absoft Editor
• Full Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with F90 modules
• Fx3 Debugger, Linker, Profiler
• MRWE Application Framework
• Numerous programming examples
• VAX/Unix compatibility libraries
• User Guide, F90/95 & F77 Reference Manuals in indexed PDF format
• HDF (Hierarchical Data Format) precompiled libraries with Fortran entry points. Both HDF4 and HDF5 are represented
• LAPACK and LAPACK95 - precompiled libraries and modules
  
• BLAS - precompiled, AltiVec and non-AltiVec versions
  
• ATLAS - precompiled math libraries, 1u for 32-bit, 1u & 2u for 64-bit
  
• PLplot Graphics & plotting library
  
• F90GL - Fortran 95 interface for OpenGL
• IMSL Fortran 5.1 Numerical Libraries in both 32-bit or 64-bit are available as options
• VAST-F/Parallel & VAST-F/Vector available as an options
  

Full technical support from professional support engineers, will help resolve any problems 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 can subscribe to Absoft's free electronic newsletter to receive bulletins and update notices advising of new updates, changes in product releases, new product announcements and other useful information.

Absoft branded products include Premier Technical Support and Initial Software Maintenance at no additional charge from the time of purchase for as long as the purchased version remains the current release version.

Initial Software Maintenance (ISM) includes free electronic downloads of all interim Service Packs and Quick Fixes from Absoft. Version upgrades require separate purchase but at discounted prices.

At the conclusion of the Initial Software Maintenance term (i.e. when a new version of the purchased product is released) customers may either purchase a Product Upgrade or within 30 days of the new product release, purchase Continuing Software Maintenance for an additional 12-month maintenance term.

Continuing Software Maintenance (CSM) includes all elements of Premier Technical support plus all Product Upgrades issued during the 12-month Continuing Software Maintenance term. Annual renewals of Software Maintenance will be made available at low-cost to customers who renew within their unexpired Maintenance term.

For users electing not to renew Continuing Software Maintenance and having expired maintenance terms but later wishing to rejoin CSM, Reinstatement Software Maintenance (RSM) terms may be purchased.

Third party products distributed by Absoft are subject to license terms and policies of their respective manufacturers.

MacOS/PPC G3/G4/G5 Systems:

• Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later for 64-bit or 32-bit code generation
• Mac OS X 10.4 for executing 64-bit applications
• 256 MB RAM
• 125 MB free disk space
  

MacOS/Intel Systems:

• Core Duo, Core2 Duo or Mac Pro Intel based system
• Running OS 10.4.8 or above
• Xcode 2.4
• 256 MB RAM
• 125 MB free disk space
  
  

Absoft 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.

• IMSL Fortran Numerical Library available for 32-bit and/or 64-bitMacOS/Intel
• VAST-F/Parallel Pre-processor that automatically parallelizes source code
• VAST-F/Vector Pre-processor that automatically vectorizes source code