> If you do scientific computing For people whose needs are "I want to write a weather forecasting simulator, it needs to simulate very efficiently, we're mode

> If you do scientific computing For people whose needs are "I want to write a weather forecasting simulator, it needs to simulate very efficiently, we're modelling immutable physical laws so this code will still be good in several decades" then absolutely. OTOH for people whose needs are "I need to do some ad-hoc analysis on this CSV of experimental results, I gotta rush out a paper to not get scooped but nobody's going to build on this or use it again" or "I need to do a corporate data science project to forecast demand for this upcoming superhero movie based on social media buzz" - FORTRAN probably isn't the best choice. Unless you happen to already be such a master of square pegs that you're comfortable and productive at fitting them into round holes :)