On 6/5/23 13:07, Andre Vehreschild wrote: > Hi Benson, > > thank you for your input. Comments are inline: > >> Maybe add Quantum Espresso: >> https://www.quantum-espresso.org/ > Another code: https://github.com/openmopac/mopac currently being supported by https://molssi.org/
> done > >> R and Octave may also be good examples of use cases. > > Mhhh, both are not written in Fortran, right? I don't feel tempted to > include other programming languages into the references list. It feels odd to > me. Any thoughts, anyone? > In addition to use of Lapack, many subroutines are written in Fortran. They have many users in a variety of sectors. Path to parallelization is unclear, even multicore parallelization will benefit many users. People in these projects may be willing to give input if asked. > >> Some gfortran work has been done as company sponsored in that >> individuals using the compiler needed it for company work and could work >> on the compiler on company time. If a large proportion is voluntary and >> companies only sponsor small extensions and bug fixes, one might assume >> that if the funding is given, once it is finished, the chances of >> further work will be very limited. Maybe one can tie into the GNU >> compiler collection as well, emphasizing the longevity of the project >> and usefulness of the funding in adding additional capabilities and >> cleaning up code contributions. Then indicate that new parts that this >> proposal addresses have primarily been voluntary because they are not >> yet ready for production use, and this project would make them ready for >> production use so that in future maintenance efforts can be made by the >> community (both voluntary and sponsored). > > I have added a paragraph about sponsoring of general gfortran work: > > GFortran in general stems from a merge of projects that have been supported by > academic research, commercial needs and in large parts volunteers. Funding by > companies was mostly done by allowing employees to work on features required > for > the company and donating the code. > > Is that what you were trying to add? > That seems good. Maybe something like: GFortran is a portion of the long lived GCC compiler suite and has gotten contributions due to academic research needs, commercial needs and volunteer interest. Industry funding primarily enables employees to work on features required by the company, for example to support new processors or ensure performance in a critical company code section. > Regards, > Andre > -- > Andre Vehreschild * Email: vehre ad gmx dot de
