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  • Developing Fortran using Eclipse?

    From Peter Chapin@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 15 18:59:17 2023
    Hello!

    I'm looking to set up Eclipse for Fortran development. I'm using Eclipse 2023-12 with the latest CDT installed, and that is working fine.
    Unfortunately, it appears as if the Parallel Tools Platform is dead(?).
    The last update was earlier this year and it has disappeared from the
    Eclipse installer.

    For right now I'd be happy with a stock Fortran plugin that will work
    alongside the CDT (i.e., not be incompatible with it), but even that
    seems hard to find. What's the story with Fortran support for Eclipse?
    Is that no longer a thing? If not, what development environment is
    recommended?

    Thanks,
    Peter

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  • From baf@21:1/5 to Peter Chapin on Fri Dec 15 17:08:36 2023
    The Intel compiler and associated development tools are now free for non-commercial use. Another possibility is to use SimplyFortran which is
    an IDE for gfortran.

    On 12/15/2023 3:59 PM, Peter Chapin wrote:
    Hello!

    I'm looking to set up Eclipse for Fortran development. I'm using Eclipse 2023-12 with the latest CDT installed, and that is working fine. Unfortunately, it appears as if the Parallel Tools Platform is dead(?).
    The last update was earlier this year and it has disappeared from the
    Eclipse installer.

    For right now I'd be happy with a stock Fortran plugin that will work alongside the CDT (i.e., not be incompatible with it), but even that
    seems hard to find. What's the story with Fortran support for Eclipse?
    Is that no longer a thing? If not, what development environment is recommended?

    Thanks,
    Peter

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  • From Jeff Ryman@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Sat Dec 30 11:10:03 2023
    On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:13:12 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 12/15/2023 7:08 PM, baf wrote:
    The Intel compiler and associated development tools are now free for
    non-commercial use. Another possibility is to use SimplyFortran which is
    an IDE for gfortran.

     On 12/15/2023 3:59 PM, Peter Chapin wrote:
    Hello!

    I'm looking to set up Eclipse for Fortran development. I'm using
    Eclipse 2023-12 with the latest CDT installed, and that is working
    fine. Unfortunately, it appears as if the Parallel Tools Platform is
    dead(?). The last update was earlier this year and it has disappeared
    from the Eclipse installer.

    For right now I'd be happy with a stock Fortran plugin that will work
    alongside the CDT (i.e., not be incompatible with it), but even that
    seems hard to find. What's the story with Fortran support for Eclipse?
    Is that no longer a thing? If not, what development environment is
    recommended?

    Thanks,
    Peter

    I wish that I could use SimplyFortran. However, the debugger does not >support setting breakpoints by name or setting breakpoints by name and
    the first time of call to break at. Breakpoints can only be set
    visually in the code.

    Lynn
    Lynn, What debugger do you like? I haven't actively programmed in many
    years but I am reviving some codes I developed in the 1980s and '90s
    when I worked at Oak Ridge National Lab. Back in those days on the
    mainframe I debugged using write statements, which of course changes
    the compiled code oftentimes hiding the cause of the error. I need to
    learn to use a debugger and I am open to suggestions as to which one
    to use. I am currently using Simply Fortran, but I have played around
    with using the CBFortran environment with GCC from www.equation.com or www.winlibs.com. I have yet to install the Intel compiler but I intend
    to try it as well.

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  • From David Duffy@21:1/5 to Jeff Ryman on Sun Dec 31 07:14:01 2023
    Jeff Ryman <rymanjc@outlook.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:13:12 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 12/15/2023 7:08 PM, baf wrote:
    The Intel compiler and associated development tools are now free for
    non-commercial use. Another possibility is to use SimplyFortran which is >>> an IDE for gfortran.

     On 12/15/2023 3:59 PM, Peter Chapin wrote:
    Hello!

    I'm looking to set up Eclipse for Fortran development. I'm using
    Eclipse 2023-12 with the latest CDT installed, and that is working
    fine. Unfortunately, it appears as if the Parallel Tools Platform is
    dead(?). The last update was earlier this year and it has disappeared
    from the Eclipse installer.

    For right now I'd be happy with a stock Fortran plugin that will work
    alongside the CDT (i.e., not be incompatible with it), but even that
    seems hard to find. What's the story with Fortran support for Eclipse? >>>> Is that no longer a thing? If not, what development environment is
    recommended?

    Thanks,
    Peter


    Have you tried
    https://www.oracle.com/application-development/developerstudio/

    I'm afraid I've only used it a little. Stayed with gdb and valgrind even
    though using with fortran is OK-but-not-brilliant.
    David Duffy.

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  • From David Duffy@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Wed Jan 3 04:47:04 2024
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 12/31/2023 1:14 AM, David Duffy wrote:

    Have you tried
    https://www.oracle.com/application-development/developerstudio/


    I think that I used this on a Sun Sparcstation about 30 years ago.

    It does appear to be for Sun systems only.

    I've only used the 64-bit Linux version (Ubuntu). As it happens, the
    fortran compiler produces executables that are roughly the same speed
    as from gfortran for my applications.

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