Upstreaming LLVM's Fortran "Flang" Front-End Has Been Flung Back Further

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Upstreaming LLVM's Fortran "Flang" Front-End Has Been Flung Back Further

Upstreaming of LLVM's Fortran front-end developed as "f18" and being upstreamed with the Flang name was supposed to happen back in January. Three months later, the developers still are struggling to get the code into shape for integration...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LLVM-Flang-Delayed-Further

[pyler]

Failed project, do not take it.

nobody needs fortran compiler

[CommunityMember]

nobody needs fortran compiler

If by nobody you mean many of the large computational libraries that underlie things like weather forecasting, or physics, then sure, nobody needs Fortran.

It is like nobody needs Cobol either, except for many companies HR/accounting systems.

Sure, all those programs/libraries could be rewritten in ADA, but there is no benefit of doing so (just cost), so the languages continue.