Hacker News with Generative AI: Fortran

Fortran for C Programmers (llvm.org)
This note is limited to essential information about Fortran so that a C or C++ programmer can get started more quickly with the language, at least as a reader, and avoid some common pitfalls when starting to write or modify Fortran code.

Programming Languages, Fortran, C, C++

38 points by todsacerdoti 6 days ago | 30 comments

Colossal Cave Adventure (1976) (github.com/wh0am1-dev)
Original source code, written in Fortran, from the very first text adventure game in the videogames history (1976).

Video Games, Programming, History, Retro Gaming, Fortran

69 points by shakna 28 days ago | 33 comments

First official release of LLVM Flang (llvm.org)
LLVM has included a Fortran compiler “Flang” since LLVM 11 in late 2020. However, until recently the Flang binary was not flang (like clang) but instead flang-new.

New Releases, Software, Programming Languages, Fortran

92 points by seekdeep 72 days ago | 26 comments

LFortran compiles PRIMA (lfortran.org)
We’re thrilled to share that LFortran can now successfully compile and execute libprima/PRIMA. PRIMA marks the eighth production-grade, third-party code that LFortran has compiled with bit-for-bit alignment to GFortran’s output. This milestone brings us closer to our goal of compiling 10 such codes—an essential step toward achieving a beta-quality compiler.

Programming, Software, Compilers, Fortran

76 points by genphy1976 78 days ago | 26 comments

OpenMP 6.0 Released with an Emphasis on Easier Parallel Programming (phoronix.com)
The OpenMP Architecture Review Board announced from SC24 that OpenMP 6.0 is now available as a major upgrade to the OpenMP specification for multi-process programming within C / C++ / Fortran.

OpenMP, Parallel Programming, C++, Fortran, Software

6 points by rbanffy 190 days ago | 0 comments

AMD Developing Next-Gen Fortran Compiler Based on Flang, Optimized for AMD GPUs (phoronix.com)
AMD today went public with details on the "AMD Next-Gen Fortran Compiler" as a new Fortran compiler they are working on based on LLVM's Flang.

AMD, Fortran, Compilers, GPUs, LLVM

5 points by sandwichsphinx 191 days ago | 0 comments

Fortran Bug Urban Legend (york.ac.uk)

Fortran, Programming, History, Software Development

35 points by untilted 269 days ago | 2 comments

Introduction to the gfortran array descriptor / dope vector (thinkingeek.com)

Fortran, Programming Languages, Data Structures, Arrays

22 points by fanf2 373 days ago | 0 comments

Fortran, Programming Languages, Numerical Computing, Scientific Computing

23 points by gulced 382 days ago | 7 comments

Fortran Standard Library: release v0.5.0 (discourse.group)

Fortran, Programming Languages, Libraries, Software, New Releases

20 points by zaikunzhang 403 days ago | 2 comments

Fortran-lang joins NumFOCUS as a sponsored project (twitter.com)

Fortran, Programming Languages, Non-Profit Organizations

11 points by SiempreViernes 405 days ago | 0 comments