An evaluation of risks associated with relying on Fortran (permalink.lanl.gov) 20 points by reikonomusha 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] bee_rider 2y ago ↗ What do folks like for distributed memory C++ programs?Fortran and MPI go together like peanut butter and chocolate.Of course you can use MPI in C, but then you have to use C.Is it just the MPI C++ bindings? [–] petschge 2y ago ↗ You can use the MPI C bindings just fine from C++?
[–] amilios 2y ago ↗ Very interesting. I'll admit I really enjoyed the contrasting reviewer judgements, having the counter-perspective right beside the report text. Is this standard practice for US Gov reports? If not it absolutely should be!
[–] dang 2y ago ↗ Related ongoing threads:Lfortran: Modern interactive LLVM-based Fortran compiler - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37295144 - Aug 2023 (49 comments)Fortran - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37291504 - Aug 2023 (209 comments)
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[ 6.2 ms ] story [ 17.4 ms ] threadFortran and MPI go together like peanut butter and chocolate.
Of course you can use MPI in C, but then you have to use C.
Is it just the MPI C++ bindings?
Lfortran: Modern interactive LLVM-based Fortran compiler - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37295144 - Aug 2023 (49 comments)
Fortran - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37291504 - Aug 2023 (209 comments)