>> Don't assume things are done purely by inertia -- for big projects there are real reasons for the choices made! > I'm not. I'm assuming these decisions are

>> Don't assume things are done purely by inertia -- for big projects there are real reasons for the choices made! > I'm not. I'm assuming these decisions are made because people in physics/ME/chemistry are not programmers and don't know about the latest and greatest our field has to offer. It's our fault for not advertising our successes to these people. And how many FORTRAN HPC programmers do you know?