No doubt Python is more expressive than Fortran. Programming languages, tools, and software engineering has gotten better. If we were write the same software a

No doubt Python is more expressive than Fortran. Programming languages, tools, and software engineering has gotten better. If we were write the same software as 30 years ago, it would be an easier job. But we aren't. We have more powerful processors, more memory, more data and more connectivity. The kind of software that is in demand now is more complex than the software from 30 years ago.