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fortranstatement.com>we propose that FORTRAN be retired, allowing its successor(s) to fortranstatement.com>evolve in the absence of the legacy FORTRAN juggernaut.

Jing Guo wrote:

A friend of mine pointed me to the following website:

"PETITION TO RETIRE FORTRAN"

http://www.fortranstatement.com

Being a long time Fortran developer for scientific computing, I
think those statements make a lot of sense, although I am not
sure I will sign the petition.

I wonder what people on this list think about those statements.

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