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  Further Your CS Development with Mac OS X
Subject:   Fortran and C#
Date:   2004-08-18 01:31:08
From:   nzino
Response to: Fortran and C#

It's true that out of the box, you can't compile Fortran on OSX.


Now, IBM provides a very efficient Fortran compiler in its "XL" compiler suite.


Besides, with darwinports (http://darwinports.opendarwin.org) or fink (http://fink.sf.net), it is a matter of a few keystrokes to have a g77 (gcc compiler for fortran) on your computer.