--- title: Is Fortran "a dead language"? | daily.dev description: Fortran is not a dead language, despite being ranked low on popularity indices. It is still critically important in its home domain and remains one of the most... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/is-fortran-a-dead-language--yzimfgyjp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Is Fortran "a dead language"? | daily.dev og:description: Fortran is not a dead language, despite being ranked low on popularity indices. It is still critically important in its home domain and remains one of the most... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-fortran-a-dead-language--yzimfgyjp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YZimfgyjp.png og:image:alt: Is Fortran "a dead language"? 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. # Is Fortran "a dead language"? **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Fortran is not a dead language, despite being ranked low on popularity indices. It is still critically important in its home domain and remains one of the most important languages for scientists. The number of programmers using a language is not a good metric for determining its importance in the field of high-performance computing. Fortran codes are widely used and contribute significantly to compute resources. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#fortran](https://daily.dev/tags/fortran) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/is-fortran-a-dead-language--yzimfgyjp) ```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":"Is Fortran \"a dead language\"?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-fortran-a-dead-language--yzimfgyjp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-fortran-a-dead-language--yzimfgyjp"},"datePublished":"2024-01-12T10:29:58.339Z","dateModified":"2026-04-10T02:12:36.802Z","description":"Fortran is not a dead language, despite being ranked low on popularity indices. It is still critically important in its home domain and remains one of the most...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8fa43ec09c7746ccc1f5aab7fa6fe350?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8fa43ec09c7746ccc1f5aab7fa6fe350?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","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":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-fortran-a-dead-language--yzimfgyjp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"fortran","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Is Fortran \"a dead language\"?"}]} ```