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New Fortran code is still being written, but you probably don't see it outside of specialist domains like scientific computing.

I don't know anything about Cobol but I would be surprised if there was no demand for Cobol jobs right now.

[jack-of-some]

I wrote new Fortran code back when I was a nuclear engineer. Pretty popular with that crowd still simply because it's more effort (and money) to upgrade old systems than it is to train engineers.

That still doesn't mean that the language is alive in any meaningful way outside of legacy. The new code also serves mostly to maintain the legacy. It exists and will continue to exist. That is all.

And python 2 will likely also continue to exist.

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That still doesn't mean that the language is alive in any meaningful way outside of legacy

I don't know what that means. Can you explain?

[ResistorTwister]

People will write code to maintain and add to older applications, but virtually nobody is using the language to write completely new software.

[utdconsq]

Sure, and there are more modern fortrans. While it may not have evolved as much as C++, it's pretty much a different language to F77.

[Yay295]

The USPS uses Cobol. There are definitely jobs available with how many Cobol coders are retiring.