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Once you have gone through the trouble of writing your Fortran program, you 
probably want to have it run. The most popular Fortran compiler is 
f77 (Fortran 77).   The most basic use of f77 is 
demonstrated as follows:
> cd ~/development/prog  
  
> f77 area.f  
  
  
area.f is the name of the program you wish to compile.  
This command produces a file called a.out which is the 
executable program.  To run it, you just type a.out and 
then the return key.
> a.out  
  
  
a.out is not a very descriptive name.  Fortunately, it is 
possible for the compiler to give the compiled code a new name.  This 
is done with the -o flag.  You use it after the 
compile line shown above, followed by the name you want the executable 
program to have.
> f77 area.f -o it-runs  
  
  
This compiles your Fortran program into an executable called 
it-runs.  To run it, simply type the name of the executable.
> it-runs  
  
For some scientific programs, an additional library of mathematical functions called LAPACK is used. For a tutorial on how to use LAPACK routines, look at the PH 465 LAPACK tutorial.
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