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

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:16:10PM -0700, John Wallace wrote:
> 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
> 
> 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?

John, thank you.
I also asked my HP contact, will see what their reply is.

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