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Fortran vs Pike programming language

A side-by-side look at Fortran and Pike 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
Pike programming language

Pike programming language

Development

Pike is a dynamic programming language with syntax similar to C. It supports multiple paradigms including imperative, object-oriented, and functional programming. Pike is designed to be flexible, extensible, and portable across platforms.

dynamicimperativeobjectorientedfunctionalflexibleextensibleportable