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Re:Flang – A Fortran compiler targeting LLVM by sampo on Thursday May 18, 2017 @02:59PM (#14370032)
> array fortran

You mean Coarray Fortran, which can be a substitute for OpenMP, but simpler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coarray_Fortran

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Re:Flang – A Fortran compiler targeting LLVM by federchen13 on Thursday May 18, 2017 @05:16PM (#14371166)
Due to it's simplicity, due to it's support for atomics, and due to some traditional Fortran features (modules, F9x object-based, build-in array support), Coarray Fortran does already allow to break it's own limits for development of more sophisticated parallel logic codes: https://github.com/MichaelSiehl/Atomic_Subroutines--How_the_...
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Re:Flang – A Fortran compiler targeting LLVM by leephillips on Thursday May 18, 2017 @03:01PM (#14370061)
Yes, that's the term I should have used. Thank you.
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