Fortran and the ''Old Guard'' of Programming Languages

5 years ago dzone.com

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by Every once in a while, I run across someone who’s working with Fortran, or COBOL, or Ada, or (if I’m lucky) LISP. These are the old guard of programming languages, and with the exception of LISP*, that is not said with a lot of aspiration.

You should also not make the mistake to think that Fortran is slow.

That’s a leading indicator that if you really are considering the cost to move off of Fortran as astronomical, you may be out of touch with real solutions.Here’s the long and short of it: Fortran and its older siblings are not scalable, maintainable options for longevity.

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