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		code_duck on Nov 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fortran is still a thing It sure is. I know someone who has a very good job writing Fortran for supercomputers with over 20k+ CPUs, powering defense related research. Also, I started /r/fortran as a joke and then it was taken over by actual FORTRAN programmers.

mindcrime on Nov 27, 2018 [–]

Also, I started /r/fortran as a joke and then it was taken over by actual FORTRAN programmers.

I had the same experience with /r/cobol. Programming languages never die...

quasse on Nov 27, 2018 | [–]

Someone should do the same for MUMPS[1] if some Epic employee hasn't already done so.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS

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