There is a reason Fortran has survived so long. Writing matrix/vector heavy code in Fortran is (imo) still more pleasant than C, even when accounting for the id

There is a reason Fortran has survived so long. Writing matrix/vector heavy code in Fortran is (imo) still more pleasant than C, even when accounting for the idiosyncracies around writing a Fortran program in general. The skill floor is significantly lower for writing very high-performance code.