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

You may be looking at MATLAB. Many engineer undergraduates learn that so I think it's easy for non-programmers to grok.

If you want to get hardcore, take a look at J.