To ensure that your software development environment can significantly improve the run-time performance of your applications, obtain and install the following optional software products:
New releases of the Visual Fortran compiler and its associated run-time libraries may provide new features that improve run-time performance.
For information on more recent Visual Fortran releases and other information about Visual Fortran, access the Compaq Fortran web page.
If you have the appropriate technical support contract, you can also contact the Compaq technical support center for information on new releases (see "Visual Fortran Technical Support" in Compaq Visual Fortran Installing and Getting Started).
The visual development environment profiling tools allow function and line profiling. For more information on profiling, see Analyze Program Performance.
Other products are not specific to a particular programming language or application, but can improve system-wide performance, such as minimizing disk device I/O and handling capacity planning.
When running large programs, such as those accessing large arrays, adequate process limits and virtual memory (paging file) space as well as proper system tuning are especially important.