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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Duffy" data-source="post: 118184" data-attributes="member: 607">I agree with you - speaking as a Fortran IV programmer and later from the late 70s' - that Fortran is a great language. I loved doing Fortran code. It might even be better than C++ for computational finance.Unfortunately, that's neither here not there in the current environment.I worked with Medusa CAD in the 80s and even then the port Fortran -> C was made.I have met almost no one the last while who does Fortran. We can agree to disagree but C++ on your CV >> Fortran on CV (for good or bad, hard to say). Once OP gets out of university I fear not many people will be interested in Fortran knowledge.Maybe academia could embrace hard C++ (it's worth it) instead of 1) sticking to Fortran or 2) easier options like Java.This picture of Fortran as dead language, that people tend to have, is rather wrongOK. Please can you give some high-profile cases (outside academia and government)?</blockquote>