It also has to do with the type of people that program in FORTRAN. They often have backgrounds more grounded in Maths or Physics than computers. I don't think t

It also has to do with the type of people that program in FORTRAN. They often have backgrounds more grounded in Maths or Physics than computers. I don't think the GNU compiler had much to do with it because people using FORTRAN are more likely to be using something else (we use Solaris Studio where I work).