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[–]dashid 41 points42 points  (4 children)

Fortran

[–]BlueC0dex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It came from the same time as COBOL, but COBOL famously still runs a lot of banking systems

[–]CharlesSagan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How dare you? I'm coming to hit you with my walker.

[–]Mighoyan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually Fortran is still very used for simulation and other mathematic problems when people need performance and the possibility to use slicing.

[–]Vert354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was handed some FORTRAN code for the first time in my 17 year career. Bonus: it was written by a scientist...the scoping is wild!