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Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: 1 Oct 2024 01:19:13 GMT Lines: 14 Message-ID: <lm110hFj9egU3@mid.individual.net> References: <pan$96411$d204da43$cc34bb91$1fe98651@linux.rocks> <5mqdnZuGq4lgwm_7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vcub5c$36h63$1@dont-email.me> <36KdnVlGJu9VLW77nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <971448126.749088380.092448.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <vd5195$edas$1@dont-email.me> <59CJO.19674$MoU3.15170@fx36.iad> <vd6vto$r0so$1@dont-email.me> <iJEJO.198176$kxD8.81657@fx11.iad> <3hOdnWpQ649QMGr7nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vd8doi$15q07$1@dont-email.me> <vd8eg7$15v1j$2@dont-email.me> <cxicnVzg_cn_eGX7nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vdapbn$1kp35$5@dont-email.me> <lltpunF4fseU2@mid.individual.net> <vde36e$268qv$21@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net eVJNwT6/6hPKS94zJK4GtA4NvSl9mVoWyiNPDGhD3OGeBQRJ56 Cancel-Lock: sha1:fGaSjziUSobVKW5DHph8fvlnJmk= sha256:GB6WjGCnkh16DlCbEJGvR/SvLDH9KktGmLcLl01sBHs= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 1950 On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:48:30 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > There are huge FORTRAN libraries around that have taken years to write. > COBOL and FORTRAN are not hard languages to learn, especially for non > computer nerds. And they work and are well supported. > Why NOT carry on using them? The web site has been revamped but I'm not sure the backend has. I grabbed the FORTRAN code for dealing with State Plane Coordinate System conversions from the NOAA web site. It still has Vincenty's comments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaddeus_Vincenty Parameters have changed but the code still works well.