<s>
Silverfrost	B-Application
FTN95	I-Application
:	O
Fortran	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
is	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Fortran	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
for	O
computers	O
running	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
generates	O
executable	B-Application
programs	I-Application
from	O
human-written	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
native	O
IA-32	B-Device
Win32	B-Library
,	O
x86-64	B-Device
(	O
from	O
version	O
8.00	O
)	O
and	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
.NET	B-Application
platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FTN95	B-Application
,	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
FTN77	O
,	O
has	O
strong	O
run-time	O
checking	O
options	O
,	O
collectively	O
called	O
CHECKMATE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiler	B-Language
switches	O
can	O
turn	O
on	O
various	O
levels	O
of	O
run-time	O
checking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClearWin+	O
is	O
a	O
library	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
FTN95	B-Application
run-time	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
an	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
and	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
when	O
producing	O
.NET	B-Application
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
codes	O
resemble	O
C	B-Language
style	O
printf	B-Language
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClearWin+	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
power	O
the	O
UI	O
for	O
Simfit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
FTN95	B-Application
version	O
7.00	O
a	O
64-bit	O
version	O
of	O
ClearWin+	O
is	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
existing	O
,	O
free	O
,	O
64-bit	O
compilers	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenGL	B-Application
graphics	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FTN95	B-Application
can	O
add	O
extra	O
debugging	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
EXE	O
files	O
that	O
it	O
produces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
facility	O
is	O
made	O
available	O
when	O
the	O
user	O
requests	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
appropriate	O
compiler	B-Language
options	O
(	O
/debug	O
,	O
/check	O
,	O
/undef	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDBG/SDBG64	O
debuggers	O
are	O
fast	O
and	O
capable	O
tools	O
that	O
are	O
easier	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
use	O
than	O
the	O
much	O
more	O
versatile	O
but	O
resource-hungry	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FTN95	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Fortran	B-Application
compiler	B-Language
capable	O
of	O
producing	O
code	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
plug-ins	O
are	O
available	O
that	O
allows	O
FTN95	B-Application
programs	O
to	O
be	O
written	O
,	O
compiled	B-Language
and	O
debugged	O
inside	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plug-ins	O
fully	O
support	O
Win32	B-Library
and	O
.NET	B-Application
code	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
release	O
has	O
plug-ins	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
from	O
2008	O
to	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
currently	O
no	O
plug-in	O
for	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FTN95	B-Application
plug-ins	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
into	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Community	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plato	O
is	O
the	O
Integrated	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
supplied	O
with	O
FTN95	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
edit	O
,	O
compile	B-Language
and	O
debug	O
programs	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
plug-ins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Plato	O
specialises	O
in	O
Fortran	B-Application
it	O
is	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
it	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
tuned	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
any	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
stand-alone	O
from	O
FTN95	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FTN95	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Salford	O
Software	O
Limited	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
owned	O
by	O
University	O
of	O
Salford	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
their	O
Fortran	B-Application
77	O
compiler	B-Language
FTN77	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2004	O
Salford	O
Software	O
relinquished	O
control	O
of	O
FTN95	B-Application
to	O
Silverfrost	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silverfrost	B-Application
FTN95	I-Application
is	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Salford	O
FTN95	B-Application
because	O
of	O
its	O
University	O
of	O
Salford	O
pedigree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FTN95	B-Application
programs	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
dynamic	O
libraries	O
generated	O
by	O
other	O
Fortran	B-Application
compilers	B-Language
such	O
as	O
gFortran	O
and	O
Intel	O
Fortran	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
calling	O
conventions	O
among	O
these	O
compilers	B-Language
are	O
quite	O
similar	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Silverfrost	O
linkers	O
(	O
Slink/Slink64	O
)	O
can	O
directly	O
link	O
users	O
 '	O
object	O
files	O
to	O
routines	O
in	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
Windows	O
dynamic	O
libraries	O
(	O
DLLs	O
)	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Intel	O
MKL	O
DLLs	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
an	O
import	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
