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One of the authors of stdlib here. I agree with many of your points.

Fortran needs a good compiler, that is why I started LFortran some time ago:

https://lfortran.org/blog/2019/04/why-we-created-lfortran/

and there is also Flang. Both Flang and LFortra are in development. GFortran is currently the most advanced open source compiler.

See our page for the list of all compilers:

https://fortran-lang.org/compilers/




> Both Flang and LFortra are in development. GFortran is currently the most advanced open source compiler.

Most of these tiny programs do at-least compile with ifc —

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

— fewer of them compile with gfortran —

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

— and fewer still compile with flang —

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

No doubt there's something ifc specific about the programs, or something obvious to a Fortran programmer but…




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