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Fortran vs Hackety Hack!

A side-by-side look at Fortran and Hackety Hack!. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Fortran

Fortran

Development

Fortran is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, Fortran came to dominate this area of programming early on and has been in continuous use for over half a century.

numeric-computingscientific-computingcompiledimperative
Hackety Hack!

Hackety Hack!

Education & Reference

Hackety Hack is a free application that teaches basic programming and coding concepts to kids and beginners. It uses Ruby to allow users to learn coding in a simple, interactive environment with fun graphics and sounds.

rubykidsbeginnersinteractive

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