Compilers that are not included in https://fortran-lang.org/compilers/

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There is a Huawei Fortran compiler.

https://support.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/ug-bisheng-kunpengdevps/kunpengbisheng_06_0001.html

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Some hardware with the Kunpeng 920 processor is reviewed here.

Software Description

BiSheng Compiler is a high-performance compiler developed based on the open source LLVM and optimized for the Kunpeng platform. It uses Flang as the default front-end compiler for the Fortran language. In addition to general functions and optimization of LLVM, the toolchain’s middle and back-end key technologies are optimized and the Auto-tuner feature is integrated to support automatic tuning of the compiler.

Operating Platform: Kunpeng 920 Hardware Platform
Operating System: openEuler21.03, openEuler 20.03 (LTS), CentOS 7.6, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20, Kylin V10, UOS 20

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Huawei, AMD and Arm compilers are based on Classic Flang (GitHub - flang-compiler/flang: Flang is a Fortran language front-end designed for integration with LLVM.). All are expected to switch to f18 (llvm/flang) when it becomes ready.

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Ooh, another ARM-based SoC. I guess that’s a way to circumvent the trade ban on x86 processors.

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@themos thanks for the link. Would you mind sending a PR against: fortran-lang.org/compilers.md at master · fortran-lang/fortran-lang.org · GitHub to include it?

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I am sorry, somebody else will have to do that. I cite time pressure and conflict of interest.

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The discontinued compilers section is probably also missing a few. One would be the Mira Fortran compiler for the ZX Spectrum computer.

A review of the compiler was published in the article “MIRA CRACK’D”, published in CRASH, a ZX Spectrum dedicated magazine. A blog post documenting the “rediscovery” was written by Mike Croucher: Fortran Compiler for Sinclair ZX Spectrum rediscovered after 40 years.

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I have found also:

I wish I had discovered Fortran on those 80’s machines, but I was programming mainly in BASIC and Pascal. I was not aware of the existence of Fortran in those days.

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It would have been a pretty miserable experience, no COMPLEX or DOUBLE PRECISION in Mira Fortran.

Added: the timings in http://eprints.ma.man.ac.uk/2029/1/Binder1.pdf tell the story of BLAS on 8bit micros.

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Clive Sinclair, the founder of Sinclair Research that developed the ZX Spectrum and helped launch the personal computer revolution, passed away on 16 September 2021 aged 81. A video about his computers was published recently on the Computerphile Youtube channel.

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His first big success was the ZX81, a mythic 80’s machine:

It was a kind of Raspberry Pi for those days…

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Well, I have a conflict of interest too. But I am trying to do my best to be impartial.

@ivanpribec would you have time to submit a PR with the above compiler additions?