Compatibility Information

Visual Fortran uses the same Compaq Fortran compiler available on Tru64 UNIX (formerly DIGITAL UNIX) Alpha, Linux Alpha, and OpenVMS Alpha systems. Compaq Visual Fortran supports extensions to the ISO and ANSI standards, including a number of extensions defined by:

• Compaq Fortran for the various Compaq Fortran Alpha platforms
• Microsoft Fortran PowerStation 4.0

Many language extensions associated with Microsoft Fortran PowerStation Version 4 have been added to Visual Fortran; most of these extensions have been added to different releases of Compaq Fortran on Alpha platforms.

The following sections describe Visual Fortran compatibility information:

• Compatibility with Compaq Fortran on Other Platforms
• Compatibility with Microsoft Fortran PowerStation