On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 09:01:38AM -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote: > On 10/30/2015 02:29 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > > «Why NASA Needs a Programmer Fluent In 60-Year-Old Languages > > I think the demise of FORTRAN is overstated. That there is an X3 group > still advancing the language attests to that. While FORTRAN may be a > 60-year old language, Fortran is not.
Joe still loves his Fortran. In fact, many Scientist/Engineers seem to still use Fortran. http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/i > > As far as assembly, I don't believe that it's a dead language. When you > need simple, rugged, low-power hardware, it's still a very good way to go. > > --Chuck > > > -- - d...@freebsd.org d...@db.net http://www.db.net/~db