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Discussion on: 5 old Programming Languages you should know about

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Azlan-Syed

dude fortran is dead no one uses it now we use C,C++,Java,Python,JS,TS,Ruby,etc

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Alvaro (Blag) Tejada Galindo

It’s not a matter of who use it or who doesn’t…learning about the past is important to learn about the future -;)

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Azlan-Syed

try to understand dude C is okay but fortran is no use for now

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Alvaro (Blag) Tejada Galindo

Trying saying that to this guy manning.com/books/modern-fortran He’s uses Fortran everyday -:) But hey…we all have our own points of view -;)

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Such a statement is unfounded. Fortran is a niche language. Its usage is proportional to the size of the community it supports. Fortran is designed for scientists and engineers who specifically need high-performance computing. That community is small, but it does not mean that they do not exist. It's a tiny community, but it is running the world as of today without anyone noticing it. If you checked the weather today, that was the work of Fortran. Just one example.

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Alvaro (Blag) Tejada Galindo

Couldn’t had explained it better…thanks -:D