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j_s on May 18, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Flang – A Fortran compiler targeting LLVM

Tie in machine learning somehow and Fortran can come back in style.

atemerev on May 18, 2017 [–]

Unfortunately, the single existing Fortran GPU compiler/library is very expensive.

cwyers on May 18, 2017 | [–]

Which may be exactly why Nvidia is creating a Fortran compiler for LLVM, which can target CUDA.

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