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> Fortran is a relatively small language that is surprisingly easy to learn and use

I suppose you could say the same of C. C is also a small language, but if you don't know your way around the libraries and tooling you're going to have a bad time. I wonder if the same is true for Fortran.

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True, but C and Fortran have very different semantics that make them suitable for very different fields. In particular, C does not have great semantics for linear algebra. Also, C has many footguns due to its use of pointers, while Fortran has virtually none.

You still need to learn the tooling, but the tooling is actually pretty similar for Fortran/C/C++ (same compiler/linker toolchain). Libraries aren't that much of a thing in Fortran, but to the extent that they are, this again is similar to C/C++.

I suppose that really true for Windows users that only know of msvc. My first time using it was via Linux and gcc and didn't really have any troubles. It's even better today with vscode and clangd.

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