Using and Porting GNU Fortran

• GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • Preamble
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
  • How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• Contributors to GNU Fortran
• Funding Free Software
• Funding GNU Fortran
• Protect Your Freedom--Fight "Look And Feel"
• Getting Started
• What is GNU Fortran?
• Compile Fortran, C, or Other Programs
• GNU Fortran Command Options
  • Option Summary
  • Options Controlling the Kind of Output
  • Shorthand Options
  • Options Controlling Fortran Dialect
  • Options to Request or Suppress Warnings
  • Options for Debugging Your Program or GNU Fortran
  • Options That Control Optimization
  • Options Controlling the Preprocessor
  • Options for Directory Search
  • Options for Code Generation Conventions
  • Environment Variables Affecting GNU Fortran
• News About GNU Fortran
• User-visible Changes
• The GNU Fortran Language
  • ANSI FORTRAN 77 Standard Support
  • GNU Fortran Extensions
  • Types
  • Constants
  • Source Form
  • Pedantic Compilation
  • Case Sensitivity
  • Intrinsics
  • GNU Fortran Dialects
  • Object Compatibility
    • Dropping f2c Compatibility
    • Other Compilers
  • Distensions
    • Implicit Argument Conversion
    • Ugly Assumed-Size Arrays
    • Ugly Null Arguments
    • Ugly Conversion of Initializers
    • Ugly Integer Conversions
• Installing GNU Fortran
  • Prerequisites
  • Problems Installing
    • General Problems
    • Cross-compiler Problems
  • Quick Start
  • Complete Installation
    • Unpacking
    • Merging Distributions
    • Installing f77
    • Installing f2c
    • Patching GNU Fortran
    • Where in the World Does Fortran (and GNU C) Go?
    • Configuring GNU CC
    • Building GNU CC
      • Bootstrap Build
      • Straight Build
    • Pre-installation Checks
    • Installation of Binaries
    • Updating Your Info Directory
    • Missing bison?
    • Missing makeinfo?
  • Distributing Binaries
  • Changing Settings Before Building
    • Maximum Stackable Size
    • Floating-point Bit Patterns
    • Initialization of Large Aggregate Areas
    • Alpha Problems
• Debugging and Interfacing
  • Names
  • Main Program Unit (PROGRAM)
  • Arrays (DIMENSION)
  • Procedures (SUBROUTINE and FUNCTION)
  • Adjustable Arrays (DIMENSION)
  • Alternate Returns (SUBROUTINE and RETURN)
  • Functions (FUNCTION and RETURN)
  • Common Blocks (COMMON)
  • Local Equivalence Areas (EQUIVALENCE)
  • Alternate Entry Points (ENTRY)
  • Assigned Statement Labels (ASSIGN and GOTO)
• Collected Fortran Wisdom
  • Overly Convenient Command-line Options
  • Block Data and Libraries
  • Faster Programs
  • Working Programs
  • Loops
  • Advantages Over f2c
    • Language Extensions
    • Compiler Options
    • Compiler Speed
    • Program Speed
    • Ease of Debugging
    • Character and Hollerith Constants
• Known Causes of Trouble with GNU Fortran
  • Bugs Not In GNU Fortran
  • Actual Bugs We Haven't Fixed Yet
  • Missing Features
  • Disappointments and Misunderstandings
    • Limitation on Implicit Declarations
    • Multiple Definitions of External Names
    • Mangling of Names in Source Code
  • Certain Changes We Don't Want to Make
    • Backslash in Constants
    • Context-Sensitive Constants
    • Equivalence Versus Equality
    • Context-Sensitive Intrinsicness
    • Initializing Before Specifying
    • Order of Side Effects
  • Warning Messages and Error Messages
• Open Questions
• Reporting Bugs
  • Have You Found a Bug?
  • Where to Report Bugs
  • How to Report Bugs
  • Sending Patches for GNU Fortran
• How To Get Help with GNU Fortran
• Adding Options
• Projects
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Better Optimization
  • Simplify Porting
  • More Extensions
  • Machine Model
  • Internals Documentation
  • Internals Improvements
  • Better Diagnostics
• Index

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