Fortran

[Doggy Styles]

Does anyone here use it? Is it still used anywhere?

I used it back in the 1980s, but nobody seems to have mentioned it for years.

Except zeity, obviously.

[mudskipper]

Does anyone here use it? Is it still used anywhere?

I used it back in the 1980s, but nobody seems to have mentioned it for years.

Except zeity, obviously.

Jobserve returns one match.

Was still using it early 90s, but I can't remember what for!

[doodab]

I believe it's still popular in scientific computing circles. Job ads for that sort of thing tend to be found in journals though, and you'll probably need a background in the relevant field rather than fortran skills per se.

[OwlHoot]

Isn't there a Fortran99? I think some old timers may still be using it, presumably mostly in legacy code.

and unbelievably, a few die hards are still using Cobol!

[minestrone]

Still some very big pension providers I have been at using Cobol massively.

All the websites and GUIs will be firing off web services that will eventually get to some mainframe.

As the senior managers started as Cobol developers 30 years ago they cannot see any other way of doing it.

[jamesbrown]

I believe it's still popular in scientific computing circles. Job ads for that sort of thing tend to be found in journals though, and you'll probably need a background in the relevant field rather than fortran skills per se.

Yes, it's still widely used in scientific computing and engineering, particularly for tasks that require supercomputers (weather and climate modelling etc.). No contract market, I would imagine.

[minestrone]

Aye, It was the taught language when I was doing an engineering degree.

[Troll]

(weather and climate modelling etc.)

Both of which are renowned for the robustness of their models

[stek]

They used it a lot at the Nuclear Plant I worked at - Fortan77 I think on VMS and PowerStation on a DEC PC locked in safe/cupboard.

[mudskipper]

They used it a lot at the Nuclear Plant I worked at - Fortan77 I think on VMS and PowerStation on a DEC MicroVAX locked in safe/cupboard.

FTFY