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Fortran vs L2 programming language

A side-by-side look at Fortran and L2 programming language. 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
L2 programming language

L2 programming language

Development

L2 is a programming language developed by Microsoft as an alternative to C and C++. It aims to improve security, safety, and concurrency support compared to those languages. Key features include memory safety, simplified syntax, and built-in support for multithreading.

memory-safetymultithreadingconcurrencymicrosoft