# Availability and applicability of Fortran compilers for a project

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**Created:** [December 9, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/availability-and-applicability-of-fortran-compilers-for-a-project/2382 "2021-12-09T10:28:04Z")\
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Hi @rwmsu thank you for the information. I did not know that NEC compilers are only for NEC machines. This maybe explains why they do not reply to my queries about the purchase.

I hear that there is a way to try the IBM compiler on an x86 machine [using an emulaor](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/about-the-ibm-xl-fortran-for-linux-compiler/863) but have never tried it. Not sure whether similar things exist for Crya/NEC.

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