MPI compiler

[Tim Prince]

On 9/7/2012 5:10 PM, Ernesto Oropeza wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wonder if there is a (gfortran) MPI compiler. If yes, where can we find it?
>
>
Most major MPI versions (except commercial ones for Windows) support 
gfortran.  Read their docs and FAQs.  With open source MPI, you normally 
build the MPI from source code, using gfortran and its companion gcc, 
creating the MPI compiler wrappers (mpif77/mpif90). Those are not MPI 
compilers; they simply set library and include paths and use the 
gfortran you provide.  Your favorite linux distro probably has a 
pre-built OpenMPI or the like, possibly so out of date that you should 
follow the normal build route.  Intel MPI for linux includes a wrapper 
mpif90 which uses gfortran.
Needless to say, we shouldn't pursue this until you have made a decision 
on OS (Windows/linux/32/64-bit).   People who don't specify what they 
want tend to avoid the beaten path (no one in their right mind would 
want MPI on Windows XP32, for example).

-- 
Tim Prince