--- title: Fortran popularity rises with numerical and scientific... description: Fortran has returned to the top 10 in Tiobe's monthly index of language popularity due to its advantages for numerical and mathematical computing. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fortran-popularity-rises-with-numerical-and-scientific-computing-gz5kzltxb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Fortran popularity rises with numerical and scientific computing | daily.dev og:description: Fortran has returned to the top 10 in Tiobe's monthly index of language popularity due to its advantages for numerical and mathematical computing. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fortran-popularity-rises-with-numerical-and-scientific-computing-gz5kzltxb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gz5kzltXB.png og:image:alt: Fortran popularity rises with numerical and scientific computing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fortran popularity rises with numerical and scientific computing **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Fortran has returned to the top 10 in Tiobe's monthly index of language popularity due to its advantages for numerical and mathematical computing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@christiansutton** · 1 upvotes > learned it for college in '95. Used it again in grad school, and still using it today. (Thankfully not F77 anymore though) --- Tags: [#fortran](https://daily.dev/tags/fortran) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/fortran-popularity-rises-with-numerical-and-scientific-computing-gz5kzltxb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Fortran popularity rises with numerical and scientific computing","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/fortran-popularity-rises-with-numerical-and-scientific-computing-gz5kzltxb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/fortran-popularity-rises-with-numerical-and-scientific-computing-gz5kzltxb"},"datePublished":"2024-05-06T16:56:59.576Z","dateModified":"2026-04-10T02:12:39.619Z","description":"Fortran has returned to the top 10 in Tiobe's monthly index of language popularity due to its advantages for numerical and mathematical computing.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f569bd79a0d7972e34faad720045a0a2?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f569bd79a0d7972e34faad720045a0a2?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoWorld","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoWorld","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bf6d68a999064029b0bb09aa6268f1f3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/fortran-popularity-rises-with-numerical-and-scientific-computing-gz5kzltxb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"fortran","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Fortran popularity rises with numerical and scientific computing"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/fortran-popularity-rises-with-numerical-and-scientific-computing-gz5kzltxb","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"learned it for college in '95. Used it again in grad school, and still using it today. (Thankfully not F77 anymore though)","datePublished":"2024-05-07T02:11:12.461Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gz5kzltXB#c-Ev94KIE7m","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Christian Sutton","url":"https://daily.dev/christiansutton","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/64376098?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```