Optimizing Applications explains how to use the Intel® Fortran Compiler to help improve application performance.
How you use the information presented in this document depends on what you are trying to accomplish. You can start with the following topics:
Where applicable this document explains how compiler options and optimization methods differ on IA-32, Intel® 64, and IA-64 architectures on Linux* operating systems (OS), Intel®-based systems running Mac OS* X, and Windows* operating systems.
While the compiler supports Integrated Development Environments (IDE) on several different operating systems, the concepts and examples included here illustrate using the compiler from the command line.
In most cases, the compiler features and options supported for IA-32 or Intel® 64 architectures on Linux OS are also supported on Intel-based systems running Mac OS X. For more detailed information about support for specific operating systems, refer to the appropriate option in Compiler Options.