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> You must remember that relatively speaking compared to Fortran, C is a "modern" language. In what way? Fortran code is certainly not lower level than C and
by brandonmenc 11y ago
> You must remember that relatively speaking compared to Fortran, C is a "modern" language.
In what way?
Fortran code is certainly not lower level than C and in many cases higher level. Furthermore, they are closer in age, for example, than Smalltalk is to Ruby.
- gravypod 11y agoFortran: Created 1957 C: Created 1972 And those where not simply 15 years, they were a very important 15 years of development. Relatively, C is more modern than Fortran. It is also certainly more widespread.