Announcement: IBM C/C++ and Fortran compilers to adopt LLVM open-source infrastructure

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Fortran compilers

Fortran compilers: Create complex mathematical applications

IBM® Fortran compilers help you create and maintain computationally intensive programs. The Fortran language provides a set of mathematical computation features, array manipulation, and constructs to help you create complex modeling algorithms. IBM Fortran compiler family includes the following products:

  • XL Fortran for AIX®: Build optimized and tuned Fortran applications on IBM AIX.
  • XL Fortran for Linux: Optimize your HPC and cognitive Fortran applications for Linux on IBM Power® Systems, including the POWER9™ processors.
  • VS Fortran: Develop efficient applications for IBM Z® and z/VM® with IBM VS FORTRAN.

Meet the Fortran Compiler Family

IBM XL Fortran for AIX

Facilitates the creation and maintenance of applications written in Fortran for IBM Power Systems™.

IBM XL Fortran for Linux

An industry standards-based programming tool used to develop large and complex applications in the Fortran programming language.

IBM VS FORTRAN

A programming language developed for applications involving mathematical computations and other manipulation of numeric data.