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I'm actually not complaining about C in the '90s, it was amazing compared to Fortran in the '80s.

Funny story, my first co-op job (Fortran IV), my boss made me fix a bug using punch cards so I'd appreciate why the codebase wasn't as nice as it might be. THAT was prespective.



Fortran was designed for punch cards - sometimes you could even "write" new code by picking old cards from your desk drawer.


For what use case? for math and tech programming in the 90's I would have gone with Fortran.


Fortran IV? But yeah, Fortran was the goto tool for mathematics, simulations, etc. for the same reason Python often is today: libraries and existing code. I had to convert a simulated annealing algorithm from Fortran to C in the '90s


In the 90's it would should been F77 or later if they where stuck on Fortran IV in the 90's I am not surprised Python was invented.

Why did you convert the algorithm from Fortran to c seems a waste of time to me, unless it was a training exercise.




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