LLVM's New Fortran Compiler Previously Called "f18" Will Be Take The Name Of Flang

[phoronix]

Phoronix: LLVM's New Fortran Compiler Previously Called "f18" Will Be Take The Name Of Flang

Earlier this year the LLVM Foundation formally approved making the f18 compiler part of the LLVM project to serve as a modern Fortran compiler for this effort led by NVIDIA, Arm, and others. The F18 compiler leverages modern C++ code and in pretty much all ways superior to the earlier LLVM Fortran compiler effort dubbed Flang...

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[benjamin545]

...Will Be Take The Name Of...

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[tildearrow]

Noooo
I thought it was already called "Flang"?

[cb88]

Noooo
I thought it was already called "Flang"?

There already is a Flang yes... but f18 is completely replacing it as a superior solution.