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If you're using R in 2026, you're probably invoking code compiled from Fortran from the 70s/80s somewhere along the line. It's a foundation for a lot of numeric
by beejiu 5mo ago
If you're using R in 2026, you're probably invoking code compiled from Fortran from the 70s/80s somewhere along the line. It's a foundation for a lot of numerical computing.
- jmalicki 5mo agoSame for SciPy (At least the last time I dove into it around 10 years ago). A lot of the C code you see for numerics is a straight up f2c run checked in.