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CKtalon t1_jabg9b5 wrote

Reply to comment by Etterererererer in [P] [R] Neural Network in Fortran! by Etterererererer

Fortran is pretty much a dead language though. People still use Fortran in their DFT computation only because no one has ported them over to a modern language. Since you are picking up a new language, just pick up Python to get the required support or you will be having a lot of trouble finding help.

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Etterererererer OP t1_jabgx28 wrote

I would say I already have a good understanding on Python and have done many Deep learning and machine learning projects in the past using tensorflow and even making my own crappy framework. I’m more just looking towards learning more about the bare bone fundamentals of how to parallelize neural networks by making them from scratch so I can best understand it all.

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karius85 t1_jabp9sc wrote

I would look at C++ frameworks. Never heard of any sane implementation in pure fortran.

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tysam_and_co t1_jabuusq wrote

Hey, do what works for you, kid. (I say that respectfully). If you're passionate about writing a neural network in Fortran...

...then do it. If you follow one of the practical solutions here and it makes you miserable, then don't do that. There are easier ways than Fortran, but if you accept that it's not necessarily the most efficient or easy, like, at all, way to go about things, and this is a passion project for fun, then that's something you can learn with. Whatever fills your sails and gets you _learning things_.

I think you want to ask yourself why Fortran specifically (it's a low level language, you like it in particular, older supercomputing history, etc?)

Once you have written down all of the _why_ for what you want to do, make sure that you've chosen the right building blocks (the _what_) for it.

I hope this helps you on your journey. Much love and care from this fair enby over here! <3 <3 <3 :DDDD

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Etterererererer OP t1_jabvoad wrote

That’s a very good idea. I probably will do that, after getting a lot of these responses I’ve been thinking about just doing C++

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