From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14624 invoked by alias); 24 Apr 2002 21:33:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 14360 invoked from network); 24 Apr 2002 21:33:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO tunnel.cae.ca) (142.39.200.51) by 209.249.29.67 with SMTP; 24 Apr 2002 21:33:43 -0000 Received: from dns1.cae.ca (dns1.cae.ca [142.39.20.1]) Received: from caemsx04.cae.ca (caemsx04.cae.ca [142.39.20.178]) Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:31:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: by caemsx04.cae.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) Message-ID: <8A6A2A139700D5118EB6009027B0FF3AE26EA1@caemsx02.cae.ca> From: Hassan Aurag To: "'Karenstewart2@aol.com'" , gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: RE: Help with g77 (DESPERATELY) Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:14:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-SW-Source: 2002-04/txt/msg00268.txt.bz2 Hi, May I suggest, you use "Python" as an introduction to programming for your students. Benefits are: 1- Easy to learn for you and them. It has been originally created and used to teach programming to non-programmers. 2- You can download an executable for it for Windows or whatever you are using, without compilation ........ 3- There are tons of small things that can be done quickly with it. For more info: visit http://www.python.org This is how I started programming. Fortran came in later. -----Original Message----- From: Karenstewart2@aol.com [mailto:Karenstewart2@aol.com] Sent: April 24, 2002 12:39 PM To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Help with g77 (DESPERATELY) Hi! My name is Karen and I'm a math and computer science teacher at a small middle school. I want to introduce my students into computer programming using Fortran 77. I found on the web free software and downloaded it (called Vfort). I have keyed a short simple program on it but I don't know how to execute it. On the tool bar there is a book labeled as GNU Fortran Compiler. But, the program doesn't give me the option to execute it. I'm assuming what has happened is this: the software I'm using for Fortran 77 uses the GNU as the compiler to run the programs but in order to do that I also have to install the GNU compiler software. Am I correct? If so, where can I get it? According to the website, it is free software also but no options for downloading it. If I'm not correct, do you have a clue of how to execute the program? (In my days of computer programming we still keyed cards......so I'm a little behind with programming) Can you help? Thanks