Re:Fortran Package Manager
by physicsguy on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:05AM
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Yes, but I think not as much as advocates of it would suggest.
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Just like SQL, it suffices to rule on one specific use case to keep being used.
Re:Fortran Package Manager
by physicsguy on Thursday April 29, 2021 @10:58AM
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Yeah exactly - it's great for numerical computing.
I get a bit annoyed by Fortran advocates complaining about people using C++/Python instead of it, when there aren't libraries for doing really basic things. I think Fpm is a really good step in the right direction though.
I am a Fortran advocate, but I don't complain that people use C++ or Python. I use C++ and Python myself, both are great languages. I agree Fortran is missing the library ecosystem, and that is why we started fpm. It takes years to fix this problem.
SQL is based on set theory and there is a reason for its existence. FORTRAN is based on legacy. Still remember the I j k and 80 columns things ...
To be honest reading https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm/blob/master/src/fpm_back... the only thing look like the old fortran I know is integer I j and do loop. No go to I guess.
Apparently you haven't kept up with times.