Should I buy Visual Fortran (Intel) 10.0 or 9.1

[Deleted_U_Intel]

Steve,

You recently recommended that I purchase Visual Fortran 9.1 with Microsoft Visual Studio (2005 Stnd edition) as a replacement for my Compaq Visual Fortran 6.0. I am about to make that purchase and Ifind that Visual Fortran(Intel) 10.0 is now available.

Given that my operating system is Window Vista (Home Premium edition), can I assume that VF 9.1 and VF 10.0 are equally compatible with my operating system?

Thank you!

John

[Nick2]

If you buy IVF 10, then you don't have to buy VS 2005 STD.

[Wendy_Doerner__Intel]

And only the 10.0 version is compatible with Vista. 10.0 is the current version availble for purchase.

Wendy

[TimP]

You should get 10.0 when you purchase. Yes, if you received an out of date version, you are entitled to register and download the corresponding current version, while your license is current.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

At the time I wrote my original suggestion, 10.0 was not out yet so I didn't want to say anything about it. I did send you an email with a hint about 10.0 but it bounced. I don't know if it's still possible to buy a 9.1 license - it may be. If it is, and you already have VS2005, or have a need for Visual C++/VB or something else that's in VS2005 and not in the 10.0 bundled VSPPE, then you can save some money by buying a 9.1 license. You could then download the 10.0 compiler under maintenance.

If you want to go that route I suggest you act quickly. What generally happens is that resellers return their unsold old version licenses to Intel for a credit. At some point soon I'd expect that only 10.0 licenses would be available.

[goldstein1]

Steve,

I'm looking to do mixed FORTRAN, C development on windows.
Will I need anything other than Visual Fortran (intel) 10.0? Does it
include a C compiler?

Thank you,

Peter

[Steven_L_Intel1]

No, Intel Visual Fortran does not include a C compiler. I recommend purchasing Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition and use that with Intel Visual Fortran for mixed Fortran-C applications.

[goldstein1]

Thanks for your help. I'll get visual studio and the Fortran compiler.

[TimP]

Steve's advice is good for many customers. Intel C compiler works as a directly compatible plug-in to VS, and includes many optimizations similar to those in Intel Fortran, including vectorization. If you wish to use OpenMP in C and Fortran combined, the pair of Intel compilers should be your choice.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Of course, Intel C++ is a great product, but it requires Visual Studio, so consider that an add-on.