Decyk, Viktor KNorton, Charles D.Gardner, Henry James2015-12-081521-9615http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36974AMONG MANY COMPUTER SCIENTISTS, FORTRAN IS AN F-WORD. YET, IT'S STILL THE MOST WIDELY USED LANGUAGE IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN HIGH PERFORMANCE IS REQUIRED. WHY IS THIS SO?Keywords: Computer scientists; FORTRAN (Language); Computer science; Natural sciences computing; Requirements engineering; Response time (computer systems); Computer programming languages200710.1109/MCSE.2007.892015-12-08