New Aarch64 Back End

Re:New Aarch64 Back End by pklausler on Friday July 25, 2025 @11:34AM (#44684340)

Are you saying that Fortran was once a general purpose programming language, but somehow changed to no longer be one?

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Re:New Aarch64 Back End by pjmlp on Friday July 25, 2025 @12:45PM (#44685208)

Yes, because we are no longer in the 1960's - 1980's.

C and C++ took over many of the use cases people where using Fortran for during those decades.

In 2025, while it is a general purpose language, its use is constrained to scientific computing and HPC.

Most wannabe CUDA replacements keep forgetting Fortran is one of the reasons scientific community ignored OpenCL.

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Re:New Aarch64 Back End by pklausler on Friday July 25, 2025 @01:20PM (#44685677)

So you're saying that the changes made to Fortran have made it more specialized?

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