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 <p>As soon as <code>gfortran</code> can parse all of the statements correctly,
 it will be in the &ldquo;larva&rdquo; state.
 When we generate code, the &ldquo;puppa&rdquo; state.
 When <code>gfortran</code> is done,
 we&rsquo;ll see if it will be a beautiful butterfly,
 or just a big bug....
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 <p>&ndash;Andy Vaught, April 2000
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 <p>The start of the GNU Fortran 95 project was announced on
 the GCC homepage in March 18, 2000
 (even though Andy had already been working on it for a while,
 of course).
 </p>
 <p>The GNU Fortran compiler is able to compile nearly all
 standard-compliant Fortran 95, Fortran 90, and Fortran 77 programs,
 including a number of standard and non-standard extensions, and can be
 used on real-world programs.  In particular, the supported extensions
 include OpenMP, Cray-style pointers, and several Fortran 2003 and Fortran
 2008 features, including TR 15581.  However, it is still under
 development and has a few remaining rough edges.
 </p>
 <p>At present, the GNU Fortran compiler passes the
 <a href="http://www.fortran-2000.com/ArnaudRecipes/fcvs21_f95.html">NIST Fortran 77 Test Suite</a>, and produces acceptable results on the
 <a href="http://www.netlib.org/lapack/faq.html#1.21">LAPACK Test Suite</a>.
 It also provides respectable performance on
 the <a href="http://www.polyhedron.com/pb05.html">Polyhedron Fortran
 compiler benchmarks</a> and the
 <a href="http://www.llnl.gov/asci_benchmarks/asci/limited/lfk/README.html">Livermore Fortran Kernels test</a>.  It has been used to compile a number of
 large real-world programs, including
 <a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/serveall/moene.pdf">the HIRLAM
 weather-forecasting code</a> and
 <a href="http://www.theochem.uwa.edu.au/tonto/">the Tonto quantum
 chemistry package</a>; see <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GfortranApps">http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GfortranApps</a> for an
 extended list.
 </p>
 <p>Among other things, the GNU Fortran compiler is intended as a replacement
 for G77.  At this point, nearly all programs that could be compiled with
 G77 can be compiled with GNU Fortran, although there are a few minor known
 regressions.
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 categories: bug fixing (primarily regarding the treatment of invalid code
 and providing useful error messages), improving the compiler optimizations
 and the performance of compiled code, and extending the compiler to support
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	it will be in the “larva” state.
	When we generate code, the “puppa” state.
	When <code>gfortran</code> is done,
	we’ll see if it will be a beautiful butterfly,
	or just a big bug....
	</p>
	<p>–Andy Vaught, April 2000
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	<p>The start of the GNU Fortran 95 project was announced on
	the GCC homepage in March 18, 2000
	(even though Andy had already been working on it for a while,
	of course).
	</p>
	<p>The GNU Fortran compiler is able to compile nearly all
	standard-compliant Fortran 95, Fortran 90, and Fortran 77 programs,
	including a number of standard and non-standard extensions, and can be
	used on real-world programs. In particular, the supported extensions
	include OpenMP, Cray-style pointers, and several Fortran 2003 and Fortran
	2008 features, including TR 15581. However, it is still under
	development and has a few remaining rough edges.
	</p>
	<p>At present, the GNU Fortran compiler passes the
	<a href="http://www.fortran-2000.com/ArnaudRecipes/fcvs21_f95.html">NIST Fortran 77 Test Suite</a>, and produces acceptable results on the
	<a href="http://www.netlib.org/lapack/faq.html#1.21">LAPACK Test Suite</a>.
	It also provides respectable performance on
	the <a href="http://www.polyhedron.com/pb05.html">Polyhedron Fortran
	compiler benchmarks</a> and the
	<a href="http://www.llnl.gov/asci_benchmarks/asci/limited/lfk/README.html">Livermore Fortran Kernels test</a>. It has been used to compile a number of
	large real-world programs, including
	<a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/serveall/moene.pdf">the HIRLAM
	weather-forecasting code</a> and
	<a href="http://www.theochem.uwa.edu.au/tonto/">the Tonto quantum
	chemistry package</a>; see <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GfortranApps">http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GfortranApps</a> for an
	extended list.
	</p>
	<p>Among other things, the GNU Fortran compiler is intended as a replacement
	for G77. At this point, nearly all programs that could be compiled with
	G77 can be compiled with GNU Fortran, although there are a few minor known
	regressions.
	</p>
	<p>The primary work remaining to be done on GNU Fortran falls into three
	categories: bug fixing (primarily regarding the treatment of invalid code
	and providing useful error messages), improving the compiler optimizations
	and the performance of compiled code, and extending the compiler to support
	future standards—in particular, Fortran 2003 and Fortran 2008.
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