g77; compiling my first program

[Muthukumar Ratty]

Hi, I think this is not appropriate for this list.  Please use some
fortran mailing list for these kinda questions.

Thanks,
Muthu.



On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Xucaen wrote:

> Hi, I'm taking a class "Principals of Programming
> Languages" and this week we learned Fortran. So,
> I installed g77 (using apt-get) and typed in a
> simple Fortran program.
>
>        PROGRAM FOR1
>        I = 2
>        PRINT 10, I
> 10     FORMAT (1X, I5)
>        END
>
> I saved my source file as for1.  I don't know
> what extension g77 expects. I then tried to
> compile with g77 for1, but I got an error saying
> the file was in the wrong format. Maybe I had my
> columns mixed up? or maybe someother syntax
> error, or maybe I didn't have the correct
> extension on the filename? In any case I thought
> I would get a more clear compile error. (I'm on a
> different machine today and I don't have the
> exact error message).
>
> I looked thru the extensive documentation but
> could find an example of a simple fortran program
> and how to compile it using g77. Does anyone have
> any tips or suggestions for me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim
>
>
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