An interesting aspect about Fortran is, that it is remarkably high level even in its Fortran 77 incarnation and Fortran 2003 makes a fairly modern programming l

An interesting aspect about Fortran is, that it is remarkably high level even in its Fortran 77 incarnation and Fortran 2003 makes a fairly modern programming language if you don't touch the 'there be dragons' features. Of course some old code bases with lot's of gotos cryptic variable names and fixed-form code layout look a bit atrocious, but the core is fairly solid.