I come to bury .mod files not to praise them

· Fortran Lang Discourse · Sept. 25, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Summary
The blog post argues for the discontinuation of .mod files, suggesting a lazy compiler powered by a database for more efficient recompilation processes. It presents a novel idea where the compiler manages recompilation based on semantic analysis and stored data, potentially revolutionizing how dependencies and global identifiers are handled during programming in Fortran.
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