The evolution of programming

[jazzc]

Well, why is it out of use these days?

It's not, tons of scientific packages are in Fortran and is wildly used in computational stuff. Fortran 5.2 was out in April this year, it is still developed.

 

[Seven4]

It's not, tons of scientific packages are in Fortran and is wildly used in computational stuff. Fortran 5.2 was out in April this year, it is still developed.

It's used mostly by academia ecosystem. It has no practical usage these days? Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[jazzc]

It's used mostly by academia ecosystem. It has no practical usage these days? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes, no one is going to write a scraper in Fortran.

 

[Seven4]

Yes, no one is going to write a scraper in Fortran.

Then we agree

 

[jazzc]

Then we agree

I don't think so I don't consider a language dead if it's used in science and not in scraping.

 

[qrazy]

I don't think so I don't consider a language dead if it's used in science and not in scraping.

BotLang V9.7.3.2.1

FTW!!!!

 

[Just A Tyler Durden]

Recently started coding in Pascal, through XE7. One of the most powerful languages I've ever used. On XE7 I coded a program that works on all major operating systems, its crazy how such an old language can still be so awesome.

 

[Seven4]

I don't think so I don't consider a language dead if it's used in science and not in scraping.

I meant we agree on no one is going to write a scraper in Fortran.

 

[The Mentalist]

I don't think so I don't consider a language dead if it's used in science and not in scraping.

Many large corporations still have Fortran and Cobol in production today. The cost of changing an entire infrastructure to a new language is incredible for large companies.

 

[PHPInjected]

Many large corporations still have Fortran and Cobol in production today. The cost of changing an entire infrastructure to a new language is incredible for large companies.

That is why we exist .

 

[Seven4]

That is why we exist .

I think you're right