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diff --git a/doc/source/user/building.rst b/doc/source/user/building.rst index 52d7330bf..1d1286b42 100644 --- a/doc/source/user/building.rst +++ b/doc/source/user/building.rst @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Building NumPy requires the following software installed: 2) Compilers To build any extension modules for Python, you'll need a C compiler. - Various NumPy modules use FORTRAN 77 libraries, so you'll also need a - FORTRAN 77 compiler installed. + While a FORTRAN 77 compiler is not necessary for building NumPy, it is needed to run + the ``numpy.f2py`` tests. These tests are skipped if the compiler is not auto-detected. Note that NumPy is developed mainly using GNU compilers and tested on MSVC and Clang compilers. Compilers from other vendors such as Intel, |