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I agree that many modern Fortran codes aren't truly "modern" Fortran, but in my experience most codes have at least been ported to Fortran 90, even if they largely keep a lot of Fortran 77 baggage (especially the type system and indentation!). In all of my experience, I've really only encountered a single Fortran code being used currently that is actually Fortran 77 in the flesh. That said, I still think many Fortran codes would benefit from using more modern features, since so many are stuck in the past and are difficult to maintain for that reason.


The codebase I've been working in lately is mostly pre-77 FORTRAN, maintained as such for all this time. "Stuck in the past" is an apt description.


Perhaps I should have said "originally written in f77", and still look like it.




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