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When the compiler code size is a fraction of the whole it would actually make sense to improve on it instead of rewriting everything. Like Facebook did for PHP
by zimbatm 11y ago
When the compiler code size is a fraction of the whole it would actually make sense to improve on it instead of rewriting everything. Like Facebook did for PHP and their HHVM. Obviously Fortran doesn't have a speed problem but it could be improved in other ways like static analysis and nicer syntax notations.
- protomyth 11y agoConverting to later versions of the Fortran standard would get you a long ways there. Plus with all the focus in 2003 & 2008 with C interoperability, you can plug in later open source libraries. [edit: I wonder what a modern version of RATFOR would look like]