Re: Blog: Is Fortran better than Python for teaching the basics of numerical linear algebra?
"Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <[email protected]>
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On 9/6/2026 11:32 PM, Thomas Koenig wrote: > Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson <[email protected]> schrieb: > >> Best wishes, and happy switching from Python to Fortran 77! > > Fortran 77 makes little sense, modern Fortran variants (Fortran > 90+) are available with free compilers and offer much more comfort > and safety. > The author of the blog has this to say on the subject. >>> When I write Fortran, what I really mean is modern Fortran, not >>> FORTRAN. Anything pre-dating the Fortran 90 standard (or even >>> better, the Fortran 2018 one) is not even an option (yes, I’m >>> looking at you FORTRAN 77 and your incomprehensible goto, error- >>> prone common, artithmetic if and what not). And it's purely a /skill issue/. Of course Fortran 77 is the better programming language. -- Johann | email: invalid -> com | http://www.myrkraverk.com/blog/ I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | via Easynews.com https://bsky.app/profile/myrkraverk.bsky.social | for ( ;; ) _:;