Hacker News with Generative AI: Fortran

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

32 points by shakna 7 hours ago | 11 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 45 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 51 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 163 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 163 days ago | 0 comments

Fortran Bug Urban Legend (york.ac.uk)

Fortran, Programming, History, Software Development

35 points by untilted 242 days ago | 2 comments

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

Fortran, Programming Languages, Data Structures, Arrays

22 points by fanf2 346 days ago | 0 comments

Fortran, Programming Languages, Numerical Computing, Scientific Computing

23 points by gulced 354 days ago | 7 comments

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

Fortran, Programming Languages, Libraries, Software, New Releases

20 points by zaikunzhang 376 days ago | 2 comments

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

Fortran, Programming Languages, Non-Profit Organizations

11 points by SiempreViernes 378 days ago | 0 comments