Why Fortran?

Authors:
Viktor K. Decyk;Charles D. Norton;Henry J. Gardner
Affiliations:
University of California, Los Angeles;Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;Australian National University
Venue:
Computing in Science and Engineering
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Among many computer scientists, Fortran is an F-word. Yet, it's still the most widely used language in scientific computing, especially when high performance is required. Why is this so?