Fortran

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Tomasz Rola <rtomek at ceti.pl>:

> Given that Fortran is here for almost 60 years and lot of effort has
> been spent to keep it backwards compatible (AFAIK), I wouldn't hold my
> breath.

I have seen a glimpse of the so-called scientific computing and Fortran
programming. I can't help but think that Fortran is successful with
people who don't know how to program and don't care.

That's fine. If I were to build a cyclotron, I bet the Fortran coders
would smile at my clumsy efforts.


Marko