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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by intc on Friday October 25, 2019 @07:09AM (#21353794)
* https://wordsandbuttons.online/fortran_is_still_a_thing.html

"Fortran is not, of course, outdated, and it’s not at all complex. In fact, it has grown into these myths exactly because it is that good at what it does."

Just wanted to share some positive FORTRAN vibes...

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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by Timpy on Friday October 25, 2019 @07:23AM (#21353869)
> Its users are scientists and engineers; not computer scientists and software engineers, but the real ones

That's an unnecessary slight

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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by Ma8ee on Friday October 25, 2019 @07:53AM (#21354053)
Yes, but it made me laugh.
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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by protomolecule on Monday October 28, 2019 @05:39AM (#21375506)
But well-deserved :)
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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic by johnisgood on Friday October 25, 2019 @07:15AM (#21353820)
Yes, of course, in my opinion modern Fortran is awesome.

http://fortranwiki.org/fortran/show/HomePage is worth a check!

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