Introduction to Building Applications

This document provides information on how to get started with Intel® Fortran, how the compiler operates, and how to develop Intel Fortran applications.

The discussions in this document often contain content that applies generally to all supported operating systems; however, where the expected behavior is significantly different on a specific OS, the appropriate behavior is listed separately. In most cases, features and options supported for IA-32 Linux* systems are also supported on Intel-based Mac systems running Mac OS*. For more detailed information about Intel Compiler support on Mac OS, see the Intel® Compiler Release Notes.

This guide covers the following major topics:

How to build and debug applications:

• Getting Started using the Intel® Fortran Compiler

• Building Applications from the Command Line

• Building Applications with Xcode* (Mac OS*)

• Using Compiler Options

• Debugging Fortran Programs

• Programming with Mixed Languages

• Error Handling Overview

Topics related to data types and data representation:

• Data Representation

• Converting Unformatted Data

• Fortran  I/O

Topics related to using Fortran-supplied libraries:

• Creating and Using Libraries

• Libraries Provided by Intel Fortran

• Portability Library

• Math Libraries