Modern language with the advantages of FORTRAN?

Question

I\'ve been working with a lot of FORTRAN 77 lately, and though I had reservations at first, I now see some great qualities of the language. It is:

• Simple to learn

Answer 1

For the most direct answer to your question, I think that kemiisto's answer is correct, with the caveats identified by Idigas.

That said, I've found more of my numerical code coming into contact with things like FTP, web, and closer to graphics. I've seen MATLAB suggested in another answer, but I've been writing more and more Python (with NumPy) and calling out to Fortran when I need the speed. I'd almost certainly not write a whole system (e.g. an entire numerical weather prediction model) this way, but it does allow me to have the best of both worlds in many respects.