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The easiest problem (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 46 points 6 months ago (3 children)

He did write some Fortran in his past! What made you think it was Fortran influence?

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 69 points 6 months ago

72 characters per line/card.

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'd say because fortran is often used for calculations such as numerical analysis where you have x, y and z for example.

I have written fortran code in the past and it was mainly for that.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 5 points 6 months ago

Your first few programming languages usually influence you the most for the rest of your career.