I learned Fortran IV as an introductory language. And read here that it is so elementary, and these other languages that are more complex and faster and better for software engineering, and software engineers are better now... I say why haven't these new and improved SEs devised a translation program to compile Fortran into C++? Back in the 1980s we used software to reverse-build flow diagrams of Fortran programs. They gave us fullpath test coverage, unique variables, reused variables, loop termination conditions etc. Before that on mainframes we'd use JCL (job control language) to output assembler code from submitted Fortran, COBOL, or PL/1.

How can we not feed Fortran source in and receive Language XYZ as output? Perhaps the new wave of ChatGTP will write this and save society.