• pbbananaman@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    How long ago? ROOT (and other frameworks like GEANT) using C++ has been the standard for over 15 years, but probably longer. I think my advisor was of the last generation that had to write in Fortran.

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      8 months ago

      Currently lmao. I’m using those tools as well but some specific event generators I’m using are in Fortran still

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      8 months ago

      the last generation to write FORTRAN

      runs to look out window

      My God is the sun turning into a red giant?!

      Oh no, whew, that’s a relief! Guess the FORTRAN programmers will be relevant for a little longer too then.

      (As a .NET dev, I wish some languages (or versions of languages) would die but i really think once code has been written it never goes away!)

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        8 months ago

        [COBOL has entered the chat.]

        Capitalism will never let a programming language die, if it’s still less expensive than an alternative.