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From the article: >Clang, the default compiler for OS X, supports only C, C++ and >Objective-C. If you are interested in a modern Fortran >compiler,... Mmm,

From the article: >Clang, the default compiler for OS X, supports only C, C++ and >Objective-C. If you are interested in a modern Fortran >compiler,... Mmm, no we are not interested

coherentpony 11y ago
BLAS and LAPACK?
- microtherion 11y ago
  C versions of those ship pre-built on OS X.
  - tobinfricke 11y ago
    Are you sure that's not just a C interface to the Fortran library? http://www.netlib.org/lapack/ http://www.netlib.org/lapack/ : "LAPACK is written in Fortran 90 and provides routines for solving systems of simultaneous linear equations, least-squares solutions of linear systems of equations, eigenvalue problems, and singular value problems." http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapacke.html http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapacke.html : "The LAPACKE C Interface to LAPACK"
    - microtherion 11y ago
      You might be right, at least for parts of LAPACK. I think Apple's libraries are based on ATLAS, where the BLAS part and some of LAPACK is written in C.
    - coliveira 11y ago
      There is a reason why these things are still written in FORTRAN: they run much faster than C-based versions. Some people say that C++ with templates can get closer to FORTRAN, but even if that is true, creating libraries for non-C++ languages from C++ template-based code is very complicated.
saboot 11y ago
Like it or not, there still exist many important and frequently used programs which are only written in fortran. People absolutely should be interested in maintaining a fortran compiler.
- wtallis 11y ago
  Yeah, there's little reason to write new code in Fortran, but there's definitely a need for current binaries of all those existing mature and well-designed Fortran libraries.
  - csl 11y ago
    I work with reservoir modelling, and it continues to amaze me that everyone coming from non-CS fields seem to have programmed solely in Fortran. Besides, I believe the Intel Fortran compiler is extremely fast. I wouldn't say there's no reason to write new programs in Fortran.
    - aeroevan 11y ago
      I find it's much easier to write code that uses multidimensional arrays in Fortan than almost any other language. Sure, i/o isn't as nice and don't try to do anything fancy with strings, but for numbers it's hard to beat.

From the article: >Clang, the default compiler for OS X, supports only C, C++ and >Objective-C. If you are interested in a modern Fortran >compiler,... Mmm, no we are not interested

coherentpony 11y ago

BLAS and LAPACK?

microtherion 11y ago
C versions of those ship pre-built on OS X.
- tobinfricke 11y ago
  Are you sure that's not just a C interface to the Fortran library? http://www.netlib.org/lapack/ http://www.netlib.org/lapack/ : "LAPACK is written in Fortran 90 and provides routines for solving systems of simultaneous linear equations, least-squares solutions of linear systems of equations, eigenvalue problems, and singular value problems." http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapacke.html http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapacke.html : "The LAPACKE C Interface to LAPACK"
  - microtherion 11y ago
    You might be right, at least for parts of LAPACK. I think Apple's libraries are based on ATLAS, where the BLAS part and some of LAPACK is written in C.
  - coliveira 11y ago
    There is a reason why these things are still written in FORTRAN: they run much faster than C-based versions. Some people say that C++ with templates can get closer to FORTRAN, but even if that is true, creating libraries for non-C++ languages from C++ template-based code is very complicated.

saboot 11y ago

Like it or not, there still exist many important and frequently used programs which are only written in fortran. People absolutely should be interested in maintaining a fortran compiler.

wtallis 11y ago
Yeah, there's little reason to write new code in Fortran, but there's definitely a need for current binaries of all those existing mature and well-designed Fortran libraries.
- csl 11y ago
  I work with reservoir modelling, and it continues to amaze me that everyone coming from non-CS fields seem to have programmed solely in Fortran. Besides, I believe the Intel Fortran compiler is extremely fast. I wouldn't say there's no reason to write new programs in Fortran.
  - aeroevan 11y ago
    I find it's much easier to write code that uses multidimensional arrays in Fortan than almost any other language. Sure, i/o isn't as nice and don't try to do anything fancy with strings, but for numbers it's hard to beat.