Semi related to the "is C ugly" debate. I know Fortran 90 and use it for some simulations -- since it has a matrix syntax it's not that hard to write changing

Semi related to the "is C ugly" debate. I know Fortran 90 and use it for some simulations -- since it has a matrix syntax it's not that hard to write changing matlab code. But I know Fortran is going where the wild roses grow, and wonder if I should spend the time to learn C for high-dimensional numerics.