Use the tables below to compare compilers based on what else is supplied with each one.
WINDOWS COMPILERS
| December 2014 | Absoft 2015 | g95 | Intel Parallel Studio XE 2015 Composer | Lahey LGF v1.1 (gfortran) | Lahey LF95 v7.6 Pro (Fujitsu) | NAG 6.0 | PGI Visual Fortran 14.9 | Silverfrost FTN95 7.10 |
| Debugger | Fx3 | NO | VS2013 shell | VS2013 shell | Fujitsu WinFDB | NAG Fortran Builder | VS2013 shell | Has it’s own debugger. VS2013 shell can still be used. SCC included. |
| Editor | Absoft IDE | NO | VS2013 shell | VS2013 shell | VS2013 shell | NAG Fortran Builder | VS2013 shell | VS2013/Plato3 |
| IDE | Absoft IDE | NO | VS2013 shell | VS2013 shell | VS2013 shell | NAG Fortran Builder | VS2013 shell | VS2013/Plato3 |
| C Compiler | NO | gcc | Cost Option | gcc | Fujitsu C | gcc | Cost Option | YES-SCC |
| Graphics/GUI | AWE, GINO gui | NO | QuickWin | WiSK | WisK | Simdem & GTK | NO | Clearwin+/Simdem, Simpleplot |
| Maths Libraries | HPC Math (BLAS, LAPACK) | NO | Intel MKL | NO | Fujitsu SSL2, BLAS, LAPACK | LAPACK | ACML | NO |
| (BLAS,LAPACK) | ||||||||
| 64bit availability | YES | YES | YES | YES | NO | YES | YES | NO |
Lahey v7.6 also contains everything in Lahey LGF 1.1, but note that the features apply individually to the two compilers.
LINUX COMPILERS
| Absoft 2015 | g95 | gFortran | Intel Parallel Studio XE 2015 Composer | Lahey LF95 v6.2/v8.1 Pro | NAG 6.0 | PGI Workstation 14.9 | |
| Debugger | Fx3 | NO | NO | Intel debugger | Fujitsu FDB | dbx90 | PGDBG |
| Editor | Absoft IDE | NO | NO | Eclipse support | NO | NO | NO |
| IDE | Absoft IDE | NO | NO | Eclipse support | NO | NO | NO |
| C Compiler | NO | gcc | gcc | Cost Option | NO | NO | Cost Option |
| Graphics/GUI | AWE | NO | NO | NO | WisK | NO | NO |
| Maths Libraries | BLAS, LAPACK | NO | NO | Intel MKL | Fujitsu SSL2, BLAS, LAPACK | Cost Option | BLAS, LAPACK |
| (BLAS, LAPACK) | |||||||
| 64bit availability | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
