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> Fortran has more actively developed implementations than any other language Respectfully, I'm pretty sceptical of this. Do you have a source? I'd expect C t
by MaxBarraclough 3y ago
> Fortran has more actively developed implementations than any other language
Respectfully, I'm pretty sceptical of this. Do you have a source?
I'd expect C to easily beat Fortran here. There's a C compiler (or several) for essentially every platform, as C is king for embedded work.
- pklausler 3y agoGood point, and thanks for noting it. I was only thinking of independent actively developed production compilers in my space of expertise, where C/C++ seems to be down to GNU, Clang, and EDG-based compilers, while Fortran still has at least GNU, Intel, nvfortran, LLVM Flang, NAG, and XLF. A decent C89 compiler for a single target is only about a 10K LOC project and there must be more than a few of them out there.