F90-related question

[Steve Kargl]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:27:07PM +0100, Dominique Dhumieres wrote:
> IIRC the last time (circa 2005) I have used the command f90 was with
> the Portland Group Fortran compiler.
> 
> > Are there platforms/targets where the default real kind is 8?
> 
> That was the case for the old CRAY machines which provided hardware for
> real(8) only and software real(16). I doubt there is still any available
> and if one, it supports gcc.
> 
> > ... Personally, I would like to deprecate the -fdefault-* options,
> 
> Please don't. It is the option useful for f77 codes with timing routines
> using real(4).
> 

Sigh.  I said that the -fdefault-* options should be deprecated.
The -freal-* options would still be available.  -freal-4-real-8
will work for your timing routines.  

-- 
Steve