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Re:Why physicists still use Fortran (2015) by pbhjpbhj on Sunday October 15, 2017 @01:28PM (#15478069)
What's the code do? [physics grad level description would be fine]

It must surely be generic equipment management, you're not running experiments in physics that are > 30 years old, surely?

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Re:Why physicists still use Fortran (2015) by euyyn on Sunday October 15, 2017 @01:42PM (#15478128)
Started in the 80s doesn't mean the code is 30 years old, as they keep adding to it and modifying it in Fortran. Plus most of the analysis part is probably just math routines that don't need modification ever after.
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Re:Why physicists still use Fortran (2015) by pbhjpbhj on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:07AM (#15481602)
Doesn't mean it isn't c.37 years old either ... I think we need specifics to progress this conversation usefully.
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