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Thanks for the info. I did not know this, but it does not surprise me. I am sure there are similar examples. The first section of the linked article says that

by yiyus 5y ago

Thanks for the info. I did not know this, but it does not surprise me. I am sure there are similar examples. The first section of the linked article says that Fortran "was an odd choice from a pure computer science standpoint", that they "developed hardware optimized to run FORTRAN", and that large parts of the OS (in particular, the kernel) were eventually rewritten in other languages. This is, in my opinion, a great example of how Fortran could not compete with C as a systems programming language.

theodorethomas 5y ago
Fortran is not designed to be a systems programming language and you can tell because it lacks the concept of memory address (hardware has been designed to operate by flipping bits at memory addresses for longer than I can remember). Fortran is a higher level language for describing computations on data.
- yiyus 5y ago
  No. It is not. Read the thread. And read the submitted article.
TheRealKing 5y ago
Fortran is NOT a systems programming language. It is a niche language for scientific computing and why it is called (mathematical) Formula Translator (a.k.a Fortran).
- yiyus 5y ago
  What is your point? Did you read the thread?