Creating LFortran, an interactive Fortran compiler built on top of LLVM

The growing lack of modern tools and a growing failure of Fortran compilers to develop to their full potential (such as GPU support, IDE support, etc.) is forcing developers of large production codes to move to C++. We are developing LFortran in the same way: first only a subset of Fortran is implemented, but the library either delivers or is close to delivering on all the other features listed above (interactivity, language interoperability, etc.) to make it useful for the first users and recruit developers from our first users. We expect the main key factor in Fortran uptake will be when people can see that you can use Fortran in the modern ways like you can do Python or Julia, and by providing modern nice features and tools in the compiler, attracting talent from the Python scientific community as well as the compiler community (LLVM and other).

Source: lfortran.org