The State of Fortran

2022/03/01 by Laurence Kedward, Bálint Aradi, Balint Aradi +18 · 2 voices · 27 citations
Computer Science · #Compiler #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Computer science #Feature (linguistics) #Fortran #Linguistics #Numerical Methods and Algorithms #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #Programming language #Software engineering #State (computer science)

paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1109/mcse.2022.3159862

published in Computing in Science & Engineering 24(2), 63-72 (AIP Publishing)

openalex publication_date 2022/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

A community of developers has formed to modernize the Fortran ecosystem. In this article, we describe the high-level features of Fortran that continue to make it a good choice for scientists and engineers in the 21st century. Ongoing efforts include the development of a Fortran standard library and package manager, the fostering of a friendly and welcoming online community, improved compiler support, and language feature development. The lessons learned are common across contemporary programming languages and help reduce the learning curve and increase adoption of Fortran.

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