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From: =?UTF-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane?= CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr>
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Le 12-05-2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> a écrit :
> On 11 May 2024 19:13:08 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> Le 10-05-2024, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> a écrit :
>>
>>> There is a lot of legacy Fortran but it's still used for new projects.
>> 
>> Yes, like COBOL.
>
> I think there is a difference, in that COBOL is essentially a “dead” 
> language now, 

Maybe, I don't know about that. I only know that the COBOL used today
has evolved from the COBOL I learned, but I learned the basis a long
time ago, so the evolution may have stopped a long time ago, too.

> used only for legacy batch systems,

Yes. That's clear.

> while Fortran continues to be enhanced, particularly for cutting-edge
> supercomputer applications.

OK, I didn't knew but I'm not surprised from what I saw around.

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