Hi Benson, thanks for the input. I will incorporate it.
Regards, Andre On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 08:34:54 +0300 Benson Muite <benson_mu...@emailplus.org> wrote: > 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 > -- Andre Vehreschild * Email: vehre ad gmx dot de