On 1/11/26 15:24, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:55:32 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
"FORTRAN ... remains popular among engineers but despised elsewhere."
Considering its enduring popularity among the supercomputing crowd,
I?d say that assessment is a bit out of date.
There's no reason to "despise" FORTRAN anyhow.
It's a pretty straight-forwards sort of lang
with an emphasis on numerical calx but in no
way limited to that sphere.
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