By: julia on Abel Soares Siqueira

Re-posted from: https://abelsiqueira.com/blog/2014-11-22-the-end-of-fortran/

One of my main interest is the end of Fortran as the only programming language
used by mathematicias. If you’re not in the area of mathematical programming,
you probably find it strange for me to be talking about Fortran, so I explain.
Fortran is considered the fastest programming language in mathematics, and most
things made are in this language. Other often used languages such as
MatLab/Octave and Mathematica are high-level, which means they are slower and
are not considered for serious applications.