Scientists are using artificial intelligence and large language models to rewrite old code in modern languages, as demonstrated by a developer who translated Matplotlib to pure Fortran using AI assist…
Convex, a realtime database and compute platform, now has clients in 100 programming languages, including JavaScript, Python, Fortran, COBOL, LOLCODE, x86-64 assembly, and Verilog, created by coding a…
A developer has created a transpiler from the J programming language to Fortran using OpenAI Sol, enabling batch translation and a REPL that translates and runs Fortran code on the fly. The tool works…
Fortran returned to the top 20 of the TIOBE index in June 2026 at rank 17 with a 0.95% rating, its first time below 1% since June 2023, according to the TIOBE Index. In July 2026 it dropped to 19th, b…
Egor Howell, a data scientist and YouTuber with 69,000 subscribers, published a blog post on Towards Data Science about using Claude to build a $200k+ ML resume, in which he lists Fortran under 'Exper…
A developer known as simong on the Fortran Discourse forum is developing a 2D drafting package in Fortran and Tcl, drawing on 40 years of CAD experience, and is using Claude to implement a small scrip…
A developer released fortxarray, a small Fortran library for writing NETCDF files compatible with Python's xarray library, designed for simplicity and ease of use. The library, which leverages Google …
A developer used GPT 5.6 Sol to create a time series analysis library in Fortran by translating 48 R packages, with plans to add more from R and other languages. The library includes a program for aut…
Fortran developers report positive experiences using Anthropic's Claude AI assistant for coding tasks, including writing test programs and debugging projects. Users praise Claude's ability to generate…
A developer refactored Fortran code for GPU acceleration by replacing inline PPM slope computations with pure subroutines callable from do concurrent loops, improving code clarity and enabling better …
Anthropic's Claude Mythos successfully extended a Fortran-to-C transpiler to also support C++, fixing 14 bugs and passing 44 of 86 test targets in a GARCH volatility project. The AI worked for 2.5 hou…
A Fortran programmer documented using LLMs and agentic workflows to write GPU-accelerated Fortran code, with posts on software architecture, OpenMP target offloading, and standard parallelism. The pro…
The article introduces an individual who is a father of two, a husband, and a scientific backend software developer with a PhD in Computational Materials Science from Georgia Tech. It lists their tech…