and the failure mode of the above philosophy is &quot;you can write Fortran in any language&quot; :) <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;queue.acm.org&#x2F;detail.cfm?id=1039535" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;queue.acm.org&#x2F;detail.cfm?id=1039535</a>