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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.