FORTRAN remains widely used in computational chemistry due to optimized numerical execution speed
the verdict
SUPPORTED
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confidence 84/100
Fortran continues to be utilized in computational chemistry software suites, such as Quantum ESPRESSO, to maintain optimized numerical execution speeds on modern hardware architectures.
Evidence for · 2
Quantum ESPRESSO: One Further Step toward the Exascale.
2023 · cited by 33
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.
2024 · cited by 15
Notes that modern computational chemistry platforms retain the performance benefits of compiled languages like Fortran.