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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And it is still living in weather forecasting models used by many weather institutes.

Source: Work for a weather institute.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

We use those too! The weather forecasting models are really important for calculating prices in the German Energy market. My company is even paying people extra for learning Fortran to do these tasks. It's really weird to talk to 20-something y/o people who actively use Fortran.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

And a lot of science libraries.

Source: married to a physicist.