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Author: Bart VandewoestyneBart Vandewoestyne Date: Mar 2, 2007 23:58
Hello guys,
Now that it's weekend and we don't need to program anymore (do
we? ;-) i thought it was time to ask a fun question... something
that I've been wondering about for quite some time now...
We all know that FORTRAN/Fortran is an 'old' language and i have
the impression that in some areas -despite the new F2003 standard-
Fortran programmers are becoming rare, almost an extinct species...
I have the impression that not much 'younger ones' really get to
learn and appreciate the language.
So just to check that... here's my question:
"How old are you, as a Fortran programmer?"
Feel free to respond, I'll collect the ages and report on the
average afterwards :-)
As for myself, I am 28 but will be 29 this month :-)
Best wishes,
Bart
--
"Share what you know. Learn what you don't."
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Author: Richard HoffpauirRichard Hoffpauir Date: Mar 3, 2007 01:30
I'm 32 years old and have been using Fortran for almost 10 years.
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Author: Anton HaumerAnton Haumer Date: Mar 3, 2007 03:16
Bart Vandewoestyne schrieb:
>
> Hello guys,
>
> Now that it's weekend and we don't need to program anymore (do
> we? ;-) i thought it was time to ask a fun question... something
> that I've been wondering about for quite some time now...
>
> We all know that FORTRAN/Fortran is an 'old' language and i have
> the impression that in some areas -despite the new F2003 standard-
> Fortran programmers are becoming rare, almost an extinct species...
>
> I have the impression that not much 'younger ones' really get to
> learn and appreciate the language.
>
> So just to check that... here's my question:
>
> "How old are you, as a Fortran programmer?"
>
> Feel free to respond, I'll collect the ages and report on the ...
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Author: Sebastian HanigkSebastian Hanigk Date: Mar 3, 2007 04:55
Bart Vandewoestyne writes:
> "How old are you, as a Fortran programmer?"
26, began learning Fortran five or six years ago.
Regards,
Sebastian
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Author: J. F. CornwallJ. F. Cornwall Date: Mar 3, 2007 06:38
Bart Vandewoestyne wrote:
Me, 46. Been using it since the USAF put me in the comm/computers field
in '84...
Still using Forrtan 77 too :-(
Jim C
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Author: Rich TownsendRich Townsend Date: Mar 3, 2007 07:45
Bart Vandewoestyne wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> Now that it's weekend and we don't need to program anymore (do
> we? ;-) i thought it was time to ask a fun question... something
> that I've been wondering about for quite some time now...
>
> We all know that FORTRAN/Fortran is an 'old' language and i have
> the impression that in some areas -despite the new F2003 standard-
> Fortran programmers are becoming rare, almost an extinct species...
>
> I have the impression that not much 'younger ones' really get to
> learn and appreciate the language.
>
> So just to check that... here's my question:
>
> "How old are you, as a Fortran programmer?"
>
> Feel free to respond, I'll collect the ages and report on the
> average afterwards :-) ...
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Author: Jon HarropJon Harrop Date: Mar 3, 2007 08:06
Bart Vandewoestyne wrote:
> As for myself, I am 28 but will be 29 this month :-)
I'm 30 this month. I had to code an undergraduate project in Fortran 95
about a decade ago. Never used it since. Now I use OCaml and F# for
scientific computing.
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Author: highegghighegg Date: Mar 3, 2007 08:22
On Mar 3, 8:58 am, Bart Vandewoestyne
wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> Now that it's weekend and we don't need to program anymore (do
> we? ;-) i thought it was time to ask a fun question... something
> that I've been wondering about for quite some time now...
>
> We all know that FORTRAN/Fortran is an 'old' language and i have
> the impression that in some areas -despite the new F2003 standard-
> Fortran programmers are becoming rare, almost an extinct species...
>
> I have the impression that not much 'younger ones' really get to
> learn and appreciate the language.
>
> So just to check that... here's my question:
>
> "How old are you, as a Fortran programmer?"
>
> Feel free to respond, I'll collect the ages and report on the ...
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Author: Dick HendricksonDick Hendrickson Date: Mar 3, 2007 08:40
Bart Vandewoestyne wrote:
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> "How old are you, as a Fortran programmer?"
>
I'll be 65 this July, I started using FORTRAN in 1963.
Dick Hendrickson
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Author: nospamnospam Date: Mar 3, 2007 09:09
Bart Vandewoestyne wrote:
> "How old are you, as a Fortran programmer?"
I'm 55. I started using Fortran in 1968, when I was 16 and a senior in
high school.
--
Richard Maine | Good judgement comes from experience;
email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgement.
domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain
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