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Debunking Fortran Myths #52
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The various journals from ACM have many good articles on the reasons behind Fortran:
The Fortran articles in CiSE also give many good reasons for Fortran: Perhaps we could even share some of the opinions from famous (computer) scientists:
but I'm afraid this may backfire at some point. |
There are several webpages, blogs, and articles, which try to debunk Fortran myths. I think having a QA section to help resolve misconceptions at Fortran-lang could be valuable.
Here are a few links:
Roughly, I see two categories of misconceptions,
I was thinking about this topic while watching a lecture by Dan Saks on "Talking to C Programmers about C++". Here's a quote he refers to on several occasions:
Some parts of the lecture are summarised here.
Perhaps by linking such an article in replies on HackerNews, Stack OverFlow, Quora, etc., we could slowly turn the tide against misinformation surrounding Fortran.
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