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| <h2 class="chapter">1 Introduction</h2> |
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| <p>The GNU Fortran compiler front end was |
| designed initially as a free replacement for, |
| or alternative to, the Unix <samp><span class="command">f95</span></samp> command; |
| <samp><span class="command">gfortran</span></samp> is the command you will use to invoke the compiler. |
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