Reports of death of Fortran are premature.

[jimdempseyatthecove]

I was looking at the Forums page and happened to glance at the statistics under Threads and Posts
Fortran (Windows)has 6,718 Threads and 25,675 Posts
Fortran (Linux/Mac)has 1,917 Threads and 5,624 Posts
Fortran (total) has 8,635 Threads and 31,299
whereas
C++ has 2,317 Threads and 5,862 Posts

This could be the case that C++ has a shorter history (on the forum) or maybe there are less problems with it. The statistics clearly indicate a strong Fortran following.

Jim Dempsey

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Well, there's some self-selection going on. Yes, the Fortran forums have been around longer than the C++ forums, though since the Fortran forums have been archived at least once, that "advantage" is gone. More to the point is that Intel Fortran has more users than Intel C++, and that C++ users tend to go elsewhere for general programming issues as there are hundreds if not thousands of resources out there for C/C++ users - not so for Fortran.

If you look at the whole market, Fortran is certainly not dead but is not as popular as C/C++. We sell a lot of Fortran.

[TimP]

Steve's track record of providing useful advice is a major contribution to popularity of Fortran forum. Fortran using people may also tend to have a mindset which permits them to seek and take advice more effectively.