News from GILDAS

New release: JAN2002

A new release of the GILDAS package, dated JAN2002, is available. It can be downloaded from the IRAM ftp anonymous server, at ftp://iram.fr/dist/soft/. As for previous releases, we provide both the complete source codes - to be compiled -, and the binary executables for some platforms (including HPUX 10.2, Linux Red Hat 7.1, and Windows).

Important note: Fortran-90

Part of the GILDAS package is now written in Fortran-90. In particular, the MAPPING software is now only available if a Fortran-90 compiler is used (i.e. no Fortran-77 version of MAPPING is provided any more). GILDAS has been successfully compiled and tested using several Fortran-90 compilers, including HP F90 (under HP/UX), Compaq F90 (under Windows), Lahey F95 and Intel F90 (under Red-Hat 7.1). While most of these compilers have to be purchased, we note that the Intel F90 compiler is available freely from the Internet (http://www.intel.com). Using the binary files that are distributed might require the presence of Fortran-90 run-time libraries in the system.

2ex Most of the future developments in GILDAS will use Fortran-90.
Starting from the next GILDAS release, we will no longer support a Fortran-77 version of GILDAS.
A Fortran-90 compiler will therefore be necessary to compile the whole GILDAS package.

Contacting the GILDAS working group

Software	Help line
CLASS	class@iram.fr
CLIC	clic@iram.fr
GRAPHIC and tasks	graphic@iram.fr
MAPPING	mapping@iram.fr
NIC	nic@iram.fr

More general inquiries, including installation problems, can be reported to: gildas@iram.fr.

Frédéric GUETH and the GILDAS working group