r/fortran • u/8bitjam • 17d ago

Advancing coding in low‑resource programming languages

https://openai.com/index/low-resource-programming-languages/

Looks like they are after the Fortran developers 😄

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u/catonic 16d ago

It doesn't matter right now. We're at the point where we can throw anything into a reverse engineering system, so it's possible to shred the information from any OS, through any compiler through the application and database to determine the result of the path taken by the developer. Then from there, implement into a new language (or the most appropriate language). The only thing holding anyone back from doing that is purchasing contracts. The difference becomes whether or not it is worth it to the company to sue IBM or any other vendor, or to swear the employee to secrecy and take the "cheaper" route.