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Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by pavlov » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 6:59 PM UTC

Sure, translating formulas is cool and all, but where's the framework that lets me use PL/1 on OS/2 to build Web 3.0 apps?

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by 6gvONxR4sf7o » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:01 PM UTC

Fortran actually isn't a static language. It's evolved over time. The last significant revision according to wikipedia is just over a year old. The beauty and horror of it probably depends which era of it you're looking at.

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by DoofusOfDeath » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:03 PM UTC

zohvek wrote: post #14

Every day we drift further from god.

I'm not picking on your metaphor, but I don't understand it either. Mind elaborating?

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by mring33621 » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:03 PM UTC

Finally! I can't wait to be part of the first GenX college coding projects as a service (GXCCPAAS) unicorn!

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by ironmagma » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:04 PM UTC

tus88 wrote: post #10

> Fortran never left us... it runs our mainframes today. What? That's where you lost me.

IIRC, FORTRAN is used heavily in the LINPACK/LAPACK libraries which are further used in higher level libraries such as numpy. So it’s likely true that it still sees use in control software running trains, banks, air traffic control, etc.

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by aidenn0 » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

6gvONxR4sf7o wrote: post #22

Fortran actually isn't a static language. It's evolved over time. The last significant revision according to wikipedia is just over a year old. The beauty and horror of it probably depends which era of it you're looking at.

In the late 90s I remember a saying roughly "I don't know what language scientists will be using in 20 years, but it will probably be named Fortran"

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by unnouinceput » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #23

zohvek wrote: post #14

Every day we drift further from god.

I'm not picking on your metaphor, but I don't understand it either. Mind elaborating?

It's a meme, not a metaphor. Though you can argue that a meme is at its core a metaphor, in this case you're better off trying to understand this specific meme, it's quite funny.

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by lcnmrn » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

dx87 wrote: post #3

Also see COBOL on Cogs, http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM

Pascal web framework?

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by DoofusOfDeath » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

6gvONxR4sf7o wrote: post #22

Fortran actually isn't a static language. It's evolved over time. The last significant revision according to wikipedia is just over a year old. The beauty and horror of it probably depends which era of it you're looking at.

Coming from a C++/Java background, I loved the fact that in 2 hours I was able to learn enough Fortran 77 to take ownership of a very large app.

Re: Fortran.io – a Fortran Web Framework

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Post by tasty_freeze » Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 7:05 PM UTC

DoofusOfDeath wrote: post #23

zohvek wrote: post #14

Every day we drift further from god.

I'm not picking on your metaphor, but I don't understand it either. Mind elaborating?

It isn't meant literally. It is another way of saying that using FORTRAN for this kind of work is unholy.

And of course "unholy" is itself a metaphor for something which should not be allowed.