Medical device engineers and biotech researchers testing
prototypes who need speed, accuracy, and portability for their Fortran code can
now obtain the newest release of what is widely regarded as one of the best
checking compilers, Fortran Builder 5.2 from the Numerical Algorithms Group
(NAG). This release features a virtually complete implementation of the latest
Fortran 2003 standard and an integrated development environment.
Malcolm Cohen, a NAG principal technical consultant and
Editor of the ISO/IEC Fortran Standard comments, “Fortran users do not always
consider that they ought not to depend on a single compiler, which may be set
to sacrifice accuracy, standards-conformance, and portability in exchange for
speed. NAG’s Fortran Builder is probably the best checking compiler available. It
is very exact in the interpretation of Fortran standards and incorporates
cutting-edge run-time checking features including: procedure interface checking
across multiple files; undefined variable trapping; memory leak detection; and
more. Many report that their use of NAG Fortran Builder for maintaining
standards, debugging, and verification of their Fortran programs is invaluable,
even if they also use another compiler”.
NAG Fortran Builder is for the Microsoft Windows environment
and provides a Fortran-aware editor, build system, GUI debugger, and help
system for Fortran. The NAG Fortran Compiler is also available for other
platforms.