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Given that this is something Zuckerberg said 12 years ago, I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and hope that he doesn't think that way anymore. (The benefits
by KKKKkkkk1 8y ago
Given that this is something Zuckerberg said 12 years ago, I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and hope that he doesn't think that way anymore. (The benefits of experience!)
- manicdee 8y agoGiven the wisdom of experience he doesn’t announce that anymore.
- solveit 8y agoOr, you know, being 12 years older and realizing he hasn't turned into a stodgy old man who refuses to use anything but Fortran.
- rapind 8y agoNot relevant to the original discussion or your point, but I've heard Fortran is still in use and pretty performant (and readable) for what it's being used.
- solveit 8y agoYes, between legacy software (powering expensive and irreplaceable legacy hardware), and a userbase that doesn't care so much about learning the fancy newer tools as long as they can do their experiments, I think it's still standard in many parts of physics.