[kyllo]

These are the guys trying to cram Javascript into every possible goddamned use case

Fixed that for you.

Yes Fortran is probably the right tool for the job in this case, but I also think that creative experimentation with programming languages, invention of new languages, new implementations of and enhancements to existing languages, are good and important, and not just a "hipster" thing. All modern programming languages and their implementations have warts and deficiences, and building a new and improved one requires a level of skill and dedication that goes far beyond hipsterism.

[rhizome]

It's a matter of taste. How many verbal languages can you speak and write? Computer languages aren't special, and polyglotism is really only a hallmark of CS-mindedness, which is actually yet another form of hipsterism. It's not a real thing, and the language that is best is the language that the programmer is most productive.

[kyllo]

That really, really depends on what the language is being used for. There are a lot of desirable qualities and features, and no single language has even close to all of them. With the vast, vast number of different programming paradigms that are effective for solving different problems, as well the various resource constraints of different computing platforms, a certain degree of "polyglotism" is absolutely necessary to be an effective, productive programmer. There's nothing "hipster" about it.

[rhizome]

That really, really depends on what the language is being used for.

The work of stats guru Jeff Sagarin.

[kyllo]

How many people in the world need to do the work of stats guru Jeff Sagarin? Is everyone else a hipster?

[rhizome]

Now that I reread, I see that your comment was less a recommendation for Fortran-using Jeff Sagarin as it was a so-what digression. I took the bait, mea culpa.