It depends on what you are doing. If it is numerical work with matrix operations, then Fortran is fast and pretty intuitive. Some of the annoyances come from dealing with legacy code and mixing it with modern standards.
This isn't any better or worse but does require a shift in mind set.
Though I believe some people are trying to build a Fortan Repl
https://gitlab.com/lfortran/lfortran/-/issues/313
Current Fortran programmers might not always appreciate the interactive part, but I think they will also like LFortran as another independent compiler and for some of its features once it matures (such as C++ translation, fast compilation, good warnings, automatic wrappers to/from Python, etc.).
I mean, yeah, Fortran is a bit old school, but being compiled is not exactly old school. Plenty of modern languages are compiled. I'd even say that Python and JS are the odd ones out from a modern perspective.