Differnces between using visual studio 2005/2008/2010 to develop fortran codes

[Wee_Beng_T_]

Hi,

May I know what's the difference between using visual studio 2005/2008/2010 to develop fortran codes?

I only develop fortran console applications in computational fluid dynamics simulation. My school has different versions available but I don't wish to install the newer version unless required since they take up more space and are much slower. I usually do debugging on the windows version before running my codes in linux using ifort.

Moreover, is there supposed to be more bug fix with newer version?

Thanks alot!

[TimP · Accepted solution]

I don't know of any Fortran yet for VS2010. If you are confining your comparison to the Fortran aspect, there's little difference betweeen 2005 and 2008, if you use a Fortran version recent enough to work with 2008. You should install the service packs, regardless of VS version. The service packs for VS2005 on Vista and Windows 7 are more complicated than for VS2008.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I agree with Tim - from the Fortran perspective, there's no difference between VS2005 and 2008. If you are using Windows 7, Microsoft supports VS2008 and not VS2005, but VS2005 will work there if you follow the Microsoft instructions for Windows Vista, and if you have Administrator privilege. Links to this are in the Fortran release notes.

[Wee_Beng_T_]

Hi tim18 and Steve,

Thanks alot for your recommendations!