Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
There is several ways to look at this issue.
Suppose your students totally fail as physics student and even more as
future manager/teamleader and continue as computer science students.
Then what language can they use best?
If you open a job site, you'll find biggest companies interested in a
few languages: C++, JAVA, C#
You'll find near to zero C jobs and even less Fortran.
I have a staff of 5. Of these 3 are conversant in Fortran. Our ages are
52, 43, and 40. We deal with fortran on a daily basis to support our HPC
users in Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, and occasionally even statistics. Supporting these users
represents over $20 Million of direct funding to the University.
I remember a time in the mid 1980's when I questioned the value of
Fortran. But it's still here, it's still used, and we still need people
who understand it to answer the next generation of questions in the
basic sciences.
Mike Davis
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