F2c
Fortran 77, Transcompiler, Bell Laboratories, Compiler, LAPACK
Betascript Publishing
Published on 13. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-613-1-96272-1 (ISBN)
Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. F2c is the name
of a program to convert Fortran 77 to C code, developed at Bell
Laboratories. The standalone f2c program was based on the core of the
first complete Fortran 77 compiler to be implemented, the "f77" program
by Feldman and Weinberger. Because the f77 compiler was itself written
in C and relied on a C compiler back end to complete its final
compilation step, it and its derivatives like f2c were much more
portable than compilers generating machine code directly. The f2c
program was released as free software (open-source software) and
subsequently became one of the most common means to compile Fortran code
on many systems where native Fortran compilers were unavailable or
expensive. Several large Fortran libraries, such as LAPACK, were made
available as C libraries via conversion with f2c. The f2c program also
influenced the development of the GNU g77 compiler, which uses a
modified version of the f2c runtime libraries.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
978-613-1-96272-1 (9786131962721)
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