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> It turns out that Fortran is the best tool for modeling glaciers, Is it the best language for this, or is there just more existing code for modeling glaciers

• mhh__ 4y ago
  It's because Fortran is cooler than C++
  • jononomo 4y ago
    Steve could work in Java/Python/C++/etc/etc/etc backward and upside down, but he was extremely happy with Fortran, from my brief discussion about it with him -- and if he had thought there was a better tool for approaching the problem then you can be absolutely certain that he would have died on that hill.
    • mhh__ 4y ago
      (this was a joke i.e. glaciers are frozen, Fortran is cool)