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Re:Show HN: A Fortran web framework by cjslep on Monday June 20, 2016 @11:48AM (#11938771)
> "dead" language

In the world of traditional engineering, you will still encounter senior PE's that pump out Fortran. Luckily, it usually isn't fixed form.

Also revisiting older projects can also mean visiting Fortran, and sometimes that can be fixed form (looking at you, wind hazard modelling of tornadic winds for nuclear powerplants).

Re:Show HN: A Fortran web framework by sanarothe on Monday June 20, 2016 @12:13PM (#11938970)
I love it I'm imagining a sixty year old dude, revered by all around him, who spend the last forty honing his fixed-form Fortran skills. Young engineers gather around him just to marvel at this masterpiece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DTpQ4Kk2wA
Re:Show HN: A Fortran web framework by bigger_cheese on Monday June 20, 2016 @11:24PM (#11943264)
We have a heap of heat and mass transfer simulation code at my work written in Fortran. It is heavily used in the world of fluid dynamics.