[Info-vax] HP Fortran, OpenMP and related issues

[John Wallace]

On Aug 17, 9:31 am, Anton Shterenlikht <me... at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> HP Fortran v8.2 user manual, appendix B:
>
> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/82final/6443/6443pro_044.html#ap_compat
>
> states that HP Fortran (HF) only supports OpenMP
> and parallel decomposition on Tru64 alpha,
> i.e. there is no support for OpenMP in HP Fortran on VMS.
>
> Now, I understand that Tru64 will die with alpha, and
> its users are being advised to migrate to HP-UX,
> but there is no HP Fortran for HP-UX, only GCC fortran, isn't it?
>
> I'm not sure if GCC fortran is an adequate replacement for HP fortran.
>
> Any suggestions for enabling shared memory parallelisation, similar
> to OpenMP, with HP Fortran on VMS integrity, say rx26xx?
>
> many thanks
>
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> Anton Shterenlikht
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Well, since no one else is piping up (yet)... comp.lang.fortran? Steve
Lionel still appears there from time to time, including today, wearing
his Intel hat. He was your man for DEC FORTRAN, and now is your man
for Intel Fortran.

Mind you, if I've read the HP website right, there *is* an HP Fortran
for HP-UX for Itanium, *and* it has full support for OpenMP 2.0. The
first Googlehit for HP-UX Fortran leads to:.
http://h21007.www2.hp.com/portal/site/dspp/PAGE.template/page.document?ciid=c4080f1bace021100f1bace02110275d6e10RCRD
although when you click through to "How to order" it only has part
numbers for HP9000. Class.

Mind you I'm not sure how you'd find HP-UX Fortran at all via the HP
website search engine. Maybe they should get themselves a Google
search appliance...

Worth a look?