FORTRAN remains widely used in computational chemistry due to optimized numerical execution speed

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Fortran continues to be utilized in computational chemistry software suites, such as Quantum ESPRESSO, to maintain optimized numerical execution speeds on modern hardware architectures.

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The retrieved literature shows ongoing reliance on Fortran (and CUDA Fortran) for high-performance computational chemistry and physics software like Quantum ESPRESSO, supporting the claim that it remains widely used for its numerical execution speed.

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Quantum ESPRESSO: One Further Step toward the Exascale.

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Carnimeo I, Affinito F, Baroni S, Baseggio O, Bellentani L, Bertossa R, Delugas PD, Ruffino FF, Orlandini S, Spiga F, Giannozzi P. Quantum ESPRESSO: One Further Step toward the Exascale.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00249

Highlights the use of CUDA Fortran offloading for high-performance electronic-structure calculations in the Quantum ESPRESSO suite.

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OpenQP: A Quantum Chemical Platform Featuring MRSF-TDDFT with an Emphasis on Open-Source Ecosystem.

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Mironov V, Komarov K, Li J, Gerasimov I, Nakata H, Mazaherifar M, Ishimura K, Park W, Lashkaripour A, Oh M, Huix-Rotllant M, Lee S, Choi CH. OpenQP: A Quantum Chemical Platform Featuring MRSF-TDDFT with an Emphasis on Open-Source Ecosystem.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.4c01117

Notes that modern computational chemistry platforms retain the performance benefits of compiled languages like Fortran.

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