About Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE 2011 for Windows

[emreka82]

Hello,

I would like to ask about the release notes of new Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE 2011 for Windows. I am using CVF 6.6b. The sentence on these notes , "Automated conversion of Compaq* Visual Fortran projects", makes me wonder whether it is better to migrate from CVF to this new composer or not ? Do you suggest and what are the beneficiaries of it ? Thanks.

Emre

[mecej4]

See the link "Migrating from Compaq Visual Fortran" in the Useful Links list at the top of the forum.

[Steven_L_Intel1 · Accepted solution]

Automated conversion of CVF projects is available if you install Intel Visual Fortran on top of a separately purchased Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010. It is not available if you use the bundled "Visual Studio Shell".

There are of course many advantages to switching, including 64-bit development, many new features including Fortran 2003 and Fortran 2008 features, better performance and, most important, ongoing development and support.