On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:18:05 -0400, Paul van Delst <Paul.vanDelst@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>This is off-topic (and a bit of a peeve/rant), but where I work I see
again and again the
>incredulity of people when they realise that a 1-2yo old compiler needs
upgrading. In fact
>the very idea of compiler upgrades seems completely foreign to some
folks.
For many people, compilers are something that "if ain't broke, don't fix
it".
If you're not having problems, then there's rarely a compelling reason to
upgrade a compiler. But if you ARE having problems, or are looking for a
new
feature, then you may well find that an upgrade is required.
I might say that this problem is confined to commercial products such as
ifort, but no, we often see in this group people writing in with
complaints
about old versions of gfortran and g95 (or even g77!)
All I can ask is that when asking a question, PLEASE identify the exact
compiler (with specific compiler version, OS version and CPU type) to make
it
easier to find the answer.
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