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Fortran vs IronPython

A side-by-side look at Fortran and IronPython. 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.

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IronPython

IronPython

Development

IronPython is an open-source implementation of the Python programming language that is integrated with the .NET Framework. It allows Python code to interact with the .NET ecosystem and vice versa.

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