[Info-vax] Fortran Exit Codes

David Wade g4ugm at dave.invalid
Mon Feb 26 05:49:59 EST 2024


On 26/02/2024 03:45, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:48:06 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
>> I don't know if that is what VSI will do, but it sounds like a relative
>> easy path. They have LLVM and clang running,
>> so adding a standard flang frontend should not be that difficult.
> 
> Looking around, I came across this
> <https://www.linaro.org/blog/comparing-llvm-flang-with-other-fortran-compilers/>,
> from just a few months ago. Seems there is “Classic Flang” and “LLVM
> Flang”: the latter is an all-new compiler, but its performance is not
> there yet.
> 
> Also looks like Gfortran is roughly as good as “Classic Flang”, if not
> better than it in some places.
> 
> Which Flang will VSI be using?

Historically VMS Fortran was famous for its extensions and perhaps also 
non-standard behaviour. Does Flang includes support for the extensions?

Dave



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