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> I believe there are other good alternatives, why still use Fortran for new code? Just because they're good alternatives doesn't mean they merit rewriting sof
by msandford 11y ago
> I believe there are other good alternatives, why still use Fortran for new code?
Just because they're good alternatives doesn't mean they merit rewriting software that cost millions upon millions to write the first time.
Plus when you're talking about code that runs on 5000 machines, even just a 5% difference is meaningful.