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Fortran popularity rises with numerical and scientific computing

• orionblastar 2y ago
  FORTRAN = FORmula TRANslation. I learned it in 1987 as WATFIV on an IBM Mainframe running DOS/VSE. It gave way to BASIC, and last I knew in 2000 we were using Visual BASIC. OpenWatcom FORTRAN 77 is here: https://openwatcom.org/ftp/install/ https://openwatcom.org/ftp/install/ GNUFORTRAN is here: https://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/ https://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/ GNUFORTRAN is part of GCC: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortran https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortran
  • euroderf 2y ago
    Early Unices had a structured FORTRAN.
• sfpotter 2y ago
  I'm not sure how TIOBE works, but I wonder how much of the rise can be attributed to old Fortran projects getting thrown up on GitHub. Fortran is a fine language, and it has its strengths, but I don't think "native computation" is one of them. This kind of thing is rarely the deciding factor...
• AlbertoGP 2y ago
  The Tsoding channel has a good introductory video showing what trying out Fortran feels like: "Learning Fortran in 2023" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvUQndB8R9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvUQndB8R9s
• busterarm 2y ago
  I saw labs that were converting their tools over to python start giving up for re-embracing fortran again a decade ago. Definitely expected this and not surprised by it.
• chucke1992 2y ago
  Is it easy to install and configure Fortnan? Is there proper IDE support now?
• pjmlp 2y ago
  Modern Fortran is quite quite different from those punched cards back in the day, the latest revision being from 2023. Coupled with a notebook like experience, one gets Python like experience, coupled with one of the HPC performance kings, and that is what LFortran is trying to achieve. https://lfortran.org/ https://lfortran.org/
• kvba 2y ago
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