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Another advantage to Fortran in academic settings, at least the older version of Fortran, is that there isn't much to the language. Someone already familiar with programming can pick it up in a day or two.

So if your a Prof with a large code-base that you want to have a stream of Grad-students, undergrad research assistants, assoc. Profs etc. contribute to before they move on, having a language that doesn't require squandering half a semester on learning to code before you can start doing actual science is a big bonus.