[Coin-ipopt] Fortran compiler for IPOPT

[fvadakku at purdue.edu]

Hi all,

I am trying to compile IPOPT C++ version on my Intel Celeron Windows XP 
machine using Visual Studio .NET 2003.

Is Intel Fortran compiler necessary for compiling IPOPT C++ version using 
Visual Studio .NET 2003?

If not, what are the alternatives? Are they freely available? Has anybody used 
them? Will they reduce the speed significantly?

Thank you
Fijoy