title: What advantages does modern Fortran have over modern C++?
body: <p>I'm trying to decide between Fortran and C++ for an application in scientific computing.  It's not clear to me if Fortran still has advantages over other languages when it comes to performance.  For example, I believe since Fortran enforces strict aliasing, better optimizations could be made by the compiler when compared to C before C99.  I'm unsure of how C++ fits in here.</p>
  
  <p>Any guidance?</p>