Re:Show HN: A Fortran web framework
by ams6110 on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @12:49AM
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What is the "standard" fortran compiler for scientific computing? Do a lot of people use gfortran? Or something commercial?
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Re:Show HN: A Fortran web framework
by greglindahl on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @01:25AM
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There is no "standard" compiler. There is a Fortran standard, and there are standard-conforming compilers and standard-conforming programs.
There are popular compilers, like gfortran and the Intel compiler.
My point had nothing to do with popularity. My point is that non-standard-conforming programs can have anything happen when they execute, including starting World War III (see https://www.google.com/search?q=fortran+"start+world+war"), and showing output from one compiler doesn't prove anything.
> What is the "standard" fortran compiler for scientific computing?
Not so long ago, supercomputers typically had Portland Group, Cray and Pathscale compilers installed. Nowadays it's pretty much Intel and gfortran.