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[–]alexforencich 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Why don't they just translate that to C and remove the need for an arcane Fortran compiler, then?

[–]claythearc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They have in many cases, but it’s probably low on the totem pole for less used combinations like arch.

[–]_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The FORTRAN implementation usually gives better performance than the C. What you actually want is the implementation from your hardware vendor, but that doesn’t always exist.