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Maybe. Or the language will fall into obscurity and everyone will just use the C compiler.

I'm ignorant to the history here, but GCC includes Fortran, Ada, and D compilers, right? I don't see widespread adoption of those…

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Obscurity depends on how closely you're looking. In fluid dynamics (meteorology, atmospheric sciences) and other scientific fields, Fortran definitely sees widespread adoption.

And Ada is widely used in aerospace. Less these days for new projects, but often enough that one needs to be familiar with it.

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