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by War_Machine 3175 days ago
As long as Fortran is able to keep up with Python's capabilities (or any other language's for that matter), there seems to be absolutely no reason to make a change considering Fortran's history and familiarity in Physics. In other words, other languages need to make a big enough leap forward or Fortran to lag behind enough to justify a change. Your example just shows that it's fine to use other languages, and I agree, but it's not very compelling in promoting a change in language.