-xylon t1_jabxwa6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:21 AM

Reply to comment by nativedutch in [P] [R] Neural Network in Fortran! by Etterererererer

I did an applied Math masters in 2016 and they teached us Fortran (Matlab too), along with the usual commercial software such as ansys + ofc all the PDE theory necessary.

Point being: it's niche but it's still there. Classmates who ended up tightly adhering to the masters career path now write Fortran for a living.

And don't try to sell me "but C++ does the same and it's better/more modern". I've written Fortran, I've written C++, and Fortran is neither arcane nor hard, especially when you use it for its intended purpose (FORmula TRANslation, i.e. physics sims), in fact it blows C++ out of the water in usability if you are not a computer scientist... Which is why physicists and mathematicians keep using it.

nativedutch t1_jac20a6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:21 AM

Wont sell anything I have no hard opinion on it, where i worked fortran, cobol just disappeared.

I never used it being in real time machine language (assembler) programming, which is another universe.

Javlington t1_jadhyz3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:32 PM

Chris Sawyer wrote Rollercoaster Tycoon purely in assembly!

nativedutch t1_jadjn3y wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:43 PM

I still like assembler, whatever platform. It gives you a very direct feel between machine and function. It is more work though.