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Of course those are business applications as well.

Do you intend to refer to a product done in those areas Fortran in modern days, maybe with Fortran 2008?

Outside scientific computing and heavy number crushing algorithms and libraries, I don't see a use for it.



No, I'm just saying they're business applications. A segment of business applications are numerically focused. Fortran handles them well. So, in that segment, it can be considered a language for business applications with numeric focus.

I'm not saying anyone should use it today lol. Julia and R are the best for that sort of stuff. Way the hell ahead of Fortran. Although I thought about making a nice web application in Fortran just to screw with people who eventually try to extend it and gasp in horror. ;)

http://www.aim.env.uea.ac.uk/aim/info/fortran.pdf




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