Fortran Alternatives

Fortran is described as '(previously FORTRAN, derived from Formula Translating System) is a general-purpose, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing' and is a programming language in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Fortran for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Fortran alternative is Python, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Fortran are C (programming language), Rust, C++ and Julia.

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  1. Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

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    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
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    Yon is an experimental, topos-oriented programming language: a compiled language whose semantics are drawn from category theory (elementary topoi, Heyting algebras, directed type theory) and whose runtime stores every value in a content-addressed heap built on the Leech lattice ?

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  3. Chapel icon
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    Chapel is a programming language designed for productive parallel computing at scale.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  4. Object Pascal is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented, component-based general purpose programming language.

    83 Object Pascal alternatives

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    • AROS
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
     
  5. Mussel icon
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    Mussel is an interpreted programming language written in Rust. It was designed as a simple and flexible language with a focus on easy-to-read syntax and powerful expression evaluation. Mussel supports basic data types, variable bindings, functions, closures, control flow...

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    • Rust
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  6. Pike is a dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C. It is simple to learn, does not require long compilation passes and has powerful built-in data types allowing simple and really fast data manipulation.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  7. Nelua icon
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    Nelua is a systems programming language for performance sensitive applications, like real-time applications and game engines. Its syntax and semantics are similar to Lua, but its garbage collection is optional, it provides optional type notations, and it is free from an...

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  8. J icon
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    J is a high-level, general-purpose programming language that is particularly suited to the mathematical, statistical, and logical analysis of data. It is a powerful tool for developing algorithms and exploring problems that are not already well understood.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Raspberry Pi
     
  9. Odin icon
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    The Odin programming language is fast, concise, readable, pragmatic and open sourced. It is designed with the intent of replacing C with the following goals:

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    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    Pony is an open-source, object-oriented, actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance programming language.

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    • Android
    • Linux Mint
    • Ubuntu
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