Why physicists still use Fortran (2015)

Re:Why physicists still use Fortran (2015) by walshemj on Sunday October 15, 2017 @01:34PM (#15478094)

I recall that a local aerospace outfit was looking for C++ programmers to re do a metric F%^K ton of Fortran into c++.

I actually rang the recruiter to query why would not be simpler to train your existing staff to use Fortran - the add stayed up for years and years I always wonder if it ever got ported.

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Re:Why physicists still use Fortran (2015) by andai on Monday October 16, 2017 @05:22AM (#15481884)

Did you get an answer about why not just train them to use Fortran?

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Re:Why physicists still use Fortran (2015) by walshemj on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @03:38PM (#15494168)

Not really its very odd as when I worked at on of this organisations peers straight from high school I was told to get a fortran book from the company library and learn it I also had an hours basic instruction in how to boot the PDP11

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