[Info-vax] Is C++ good in scientific computation? Why did Fortran lose its popularity?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-01-24, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>=?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>
>>So let me rephrase: I don't think Python became
>>successful due to corporate support - I think Python
>>got corporate support due to its success.
>
> Sure, but that was the case for C also.  Not so much for Fortran.
> --scott

At least no-one has suggested that Fortran code can be replaced by
Javascript (as far as I am aware anyway. :-))

I wonder what prompted Bob to start this thread ? Has something come
up about these languages ?

Simon.

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