On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 11:06 AM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:

But in the CS department and then later at Sun, everything I came
in contact with was in C. So in my world it wasn't a thing.

Mine either mind you, but ... like me, Sun sold a >>lot<< of high-end systems to run Fortran codes. Like Masscomp, both firms compiler groups had to ensure that our Fortran compilers were not just F77, but VMS FORTRAN compliant - because when UNIX hit the scene, VMS FORTRAN was the Lingua Franca of the users (but just not us system folks).

I always like to know what is paying the bills 😎

Modern Fortran is apparently a lot more pleasant than what I learned.

Without a doubt, but I'd still rather not program in it.😂 I just want to make sure it works and runs really fast, so our customers want to use a large number of our high-end chips and keep that robot in AZ that is turning silicon into gold.