One of the greatest advantages to building applications for Windows is the power and security provided by the operating system. By simply recompiling your old source code and building a (text-only) Fortran Console application, you can run your program in a protected address space where it cannot damage other applications, hang the processor, or cause the computer to crash.
If you choose to take advantage of the power of Windows operating systems, your programs can run more efficiently on single-processor computers. Window NT 4 and Windows 2000 also support multi-processor computers.
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