On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:16:08PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:23:58 +0200, pk wrote: > > > It refuses to die because it's still very useful in certain niche areas > > (hpc, numerical computing etc.) where "modern" languages doesn't cut > > it... :-) > > Or so the Fortran programmers with jobs to protect will tell you...
Actually, it was what non-professional programmers used before computer spreadsheet programs existed. It was just the thing for crunching numbers and text. It was because it was used by non-professional programmers that so many old Fortran programs are spaghetti code. A properly-written, structured Fortran program is quite usable and easily followed. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
