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Re:Why physicists still use Fortran by pjmlp on Monday December 19, 2016 @06:17AM (#13210738)
> It got shelved after Oracle bought Sun.

Actually the actual real history is little more complex than that.

JuliaCon 2016 (Keynote) | Fortress Features and Lessons Learned | Guy Steele

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZD3Scuv02g

It would be good if people on HN would separate a bit the Oracle hate with the facts.

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Re:Why physicists still use Fortran by srean on Monday December 19, 2016 @07:41AM (#13211033)
The causation was certainly not intentionally implied in my comment. I was stating temporal ordering fact. Hold on to your oracle defense response :)
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