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		bouchard on May 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SciPy: Interested in adopting PRIMA, but little ap... I don't believe anybody would argue against their reluctance for old FORTRAN 77 code; it's a PITA to deal with. The central issue is that their experience with the old Fortran doesn't translate to modern Fortran; they are two different beasts.

zaikunzhang on May 18, 2023 | [–]

> The central issue is that their experience with the old Fortran doesn't translate to modern Fortran; they are two different beasts.

This is so true! I hope anyone could spend a few minutes checking what modern Fortran is before blaming it. A good reference is https://fortran-lang.org/en/

ok123456 on May 18, 2023 | [–]

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