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Add a "Future plans" section #252

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Expand Up @@ -78,6 +78,23 @@ The name of executable for this project has been chosen to remain `fortls`
to allow for integration with pre-existing plugins and workflows, but it could
change in the future.

## Future plans

`fortls` has reached a point where it is feature complete and stable enough to be used in many modern Fortran projects without any issues.
It does however still have fundamental limitations,
namely its ability to understand all Fortran syntax and semantics that has been used throughout the 65+ years of the language. **The good news is that we have a plan to address this issue!**

We are excited to announce that we are working on creating a new Fortran Language Server
based on the actively developed [LFortran](https://lfortran.org/) compiler 🎉.
The new Language Server will be able to understand all Fortran syntax, be faster,
and give more accurate autocompletion, hover and diagnostic information. That means we plan on investing any future funding on creating our new language server and ultimately creating a better user experience for everyone.

Have a look at our roadmap (link) and consider contributing to our efforts (donations and contribution tasks link).
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### What about `fortls`?

Not to worry, `fortls` will continue to be here. We will keep `fortls` in maintenance mode with bug fixes and new features from volunteer contributors, but otherwise we will be focusing our efforts into making the new LFortran language server a reality.

## Installation

### PyPi
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