PETITION TO RETIRE FORTRAN
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The FORTRAN computer programming language was designed to fulfill the needs of 1950's era computer hardware and numerical models. Modern hardware, numerical methods, and programming styles share little with those of the 1950's, and demand new tools, not incremental refinements of old ones.

In order to best serve future generations of scientists who rely on numerical simulation, we propose that FORTRAN be retired, allowing its successor(s) to evolve in the absence of the legacy FORTRAN juggernaut. Until FORTRAN is formally retired by the J3 Committee, institutional inertia will prevent alternatives from being adopted by science and industry.


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1 Jace A Mogill Applications Analyst Seattle WA
2 Jay Larson Computational Scientist Chicago IL / USA
3 Robert Jacob Computational Scientist Chicago IL/USA
4 Michael Tobis Climatologist Chicago IL USA
5 John Michalakes HPC Programmer Boulder CO
6 Leonid Zaslavsky Scientific Programmer North Potomac MD
7 Matthew Knepley Postdoc Chicago IL
8 Aaron Denney Physics Graduate Student Albuquerque New Mexico, U.S. of A.
9 [Witheld] Scientific Programmer Los Alamos NM / USA
10 Boyana Norris Computer Scientist Chicago IL, USA
11 Edward H. Hill III Post-Doctoral Researcher Cambridge MA / USA
12 Piero Lanucara Parallel Computing expert Roma Italy
13 Chris Webster Software Engineer Boulder CO/USA
14 Gary Cage Software Engineer Boulder CO / USA
15 Eric Scharff Computer Scientist Boulder CO
16 Seth McGinnis Scientific Programmer Boulder CO
17 Rodney James numerical analysist Boulder CO
18 Santiago Newbery Unix Systems Administrator Boulder Colorado
19 Warren Bentley Chief Programmer Bethesda MD/US
20 Susan Hendrix Doctoral student, Computer Science Boulder CO/USA
21 Colonna quantum chemistry researcher paris France
22 Manaswi Senior Student of MSc ,Physics Kanpur UP/India
23 Luis M. de la Cruz Computer Scientist, Software Engineer Mexico, D.F. Mexico
24 James A. Bednar, PhD Computer Scientist Austin TX
25 Jack Chang research scientist Pittsburgh PA
26 S. Akbar Jafari PhD student of physics Tehran Iran
27 Nishit Masters' Student, computer science kanpur UP
28 Marjan Sterk doctoral student in scientific computing Ljubljana Slovenia
29 Luca Formaggia Associate Professor Milan Italy
30 Ivan Pechorin doctoral student, computational fluid dynamics Moscow Russia
31 [Witheld] Quantum Chemistry Alacant Spain
32 [Witheld] University teacher+researcher, Physics Riga Latvia
33 Dmitry Varentsov research scientists, plasma physics Darmstadt Germany
34 Yasser Roudi PhD student in Neuroscience Trieste Italy
35 [Witheld] Computational Chemsitry Alicante Spain
36 James Paul Holloway Professor Ann Arbor MI
37 Khakian Ghomi Mehdi Ph.D. student of sharif university, Physics Tehran Iran
38 [Witheld] Research scientist, Aerospace Cologne Germany
39 Zenon Kulpa Adjunct Professor Warsaw Poland
40 [Witheld] Ph.d student, computional science Bergen Norway
41 Reynaud Sébastien THESARD limoges france
42 Kelbert Jean-Michel Security engeneer Paris France
43 Pierre Tramo J2EE lead architect Nogent-le-Rotrou France
44 Gwenael Casaccio Student Charleroi Belgium
45 Trevor Misfeldt CEO, CenterSpace Software Corvallis OR
46 Arman Khalatyan PhD Potsdam Germany
47 [Witheld] Student Campinas SP / Brazil
48 Matthew Bettencourt Computational Physicist Albuquerque NM
49 Victor Eijkhout Research Scientist Knoxville TN
50 David Shupe Astronomer Pasadena CA / USA
51 Kathy Lee Simuncih Computer Scientist Argonne IL/USA:is
52 ZeB By Developer Charleroi Belgium
53 Larry McDaniel Software Engineer Boulder Colorado
54 Philippe Devloo Professor Campinas SP - Brasil
55 Ed H. Chi Research Scientist Palo Alto CA
56 Fabien Delavier Student Paris France
57 [Witheld] Computer Scientist Livermore CA, USA
58 [Witheld] Computer Scientist Chicago IL/USA
59 [Witheld] SHENYANG LIAONING/CHINA
60 Simon Perreault Student Québec Canada
61 baret PhD student Grenoble France
62 Pasquier Guillaume Student Toulouse France
63 Trameau J2EE Senior Lead Architect Paris France
64 Ricardo C. M. Portella Petroleum Engineer Rio de Janeiro Brasil
65 Marcelo Jaccoud Amaral IT Architect Rio de Janeiro Brazil
66 Stewart Gordon PhD student Loughborough Leics, England
67 julien pommier Computer Scientist toulouse france
68 [Witheld] Philly USA
69 Apostolos syropoulos Teacher Xanthi Greece
70 Benoit DUTILLEUL Aerospace Engineer Paris France
71 James F. Glass Engineer Chatsworth CA
72 Michael Steder Computer Scientist Chicago IL/USA
73 Christophe Blondel Engineer Toulouse France
74 [Witheld] Sr. Software Engineer Las Vegas NV United States
75 Deflo de Besses Fluid Engineer Paris France
76 W. Bokkers Senior Software Engineer Den Haag The Netherlands
77 [Witheld] Student Liege Belgium
78 Gilles Foucault PhD student Montréal Québec Canada
79 Jaime student Florianópolis sc/brasil
80 Claudio Attaccalite Physics PhD Student Rome Italy
81 Simone Pigolotti physicist Rome Italy
82 Andrea B. Previtera Visionary Roma Italy
83 Davide Ceresoli Physicist Trieste Italy
84 Giacomo Raffaelli physicist Trieste Italy
85 Joachim Almergren Bioinformatics/Astrophysics Denver Colorado
86 Walter Arrighetti PhD student Rome Italy
87 Davide Zampatti Student Brescia Italy
88 Luigi Mantellini Ing. Torino Italy
89 Valerio Rome italy
90 Alessio Pace Student Rome Italy
91 [Witheld] Verona Italy
92 Donald Hubbard Bluffton SC
93 Gerardo Ballabio Computer scientist Bologna Italy
94 Roberto Tazzoli physicist Milano Italy
95 Marco Risi Researcher Rome Italy
96 Jean-Philippe Gauthier Scientific programmer Montreal Quebec Canada
97 Jean-Sebastien Gasse Programmer Montreal Quebec
98 Stéphane Gaudreault Scientific programmer Montréal Québec Canada
99 Samuel Gilbert CS Student Montréal Québec Canada
100 Hugo Landry Computer eng. Montreal Quebec, Canada
101 [Witheld] research assistant Montreal Quebec/Canada
102 bing fei student DC DC
103 Totoh Lulagh Scientist St Petersburg FL
104 [Witheld] Software Engineer Philadelphia PA
105 Erik Zeek Postdoc Athens GA
106 Vincent Mamo Applied Physicist Washington D.C.
107 Vito Mecca Graduate Research Assistant Durham North Carolina, USA
108 NEERA DESAI STUDENT DURHAM NC
109 Jimmy electronics engineer Paris France
110 Vincent Le Gouic Student Poitiers France
111 chamseddine ghadi engineering student Poirtiers France
112 Striebig Adrien student Poitiers France
113 [Witheld] Bergeggi Italia
114 Gianluigi Baldesi Aerospace Engineer Noordwijk The Netherlands
115 Angel Sinigersky Research engineer Karlsruhe Germany
116 [Witheld] student Poitiers France
117 [Witheld] student Poitiers France
118 Lucie student Poitiers France
119 [Witheld] Torun Poland
120 TOMBASS gros con d'A3 Futuro France
121 Laëtitia student futuroscope france
122 Petr Vita Software Development Leoben Austria
123 Fabio Gabrieli PhD Student Verona Italy
124 [Witheld] coastal ocean modeler washington dc USA
125 Reche Remy PhD student Grenoble France
126 CABANAC Ph-D Student grenoble France
127 Nikhil Murgai phd student Ames IA USA
128 Alessandro Pittaluga Test System Engineer Turin Italy
129 Mahmud Jelill PhD student Hiroshima Hiroshima/Japan
130 [Witheld] PhD student Boston MA, USA
131 Dustin Crandall Engineering Phd Student Potsdam NY
132 Adrian Partl Scientist Vienna Austria
133 Vivian Brégier PhD Student Grenoble France
134 Romain Beauxis PhD Student Sceaux France
135 Eric Durand PHD Student Grenoble France
136 Max Xu Montreal Quebec/Canada
137 Franck Marchis Astronomer Berkeley CA
138 alexandre amblard postdoc Irvine CA
139 [Witheld] Astronomy PhD Student Berkeley CA
140 [Witheld] student montevideo uruguay
141 [Witheld] Graduate Student Berkeley CA, USA
142 Joao Henriques PHD researcher Lisbon Portugal
143 Ahmed A. Zaki Cairo Egypt
144 Aurélien Vasseur PhD Student Montbéliard France
145 [Witheld] lectrure duisburg germany
146 sherif PhD student duisburg germany
147 durufle engineer versailles france
148 DELBOS rien marseille france
149 genoux student marseille france
150 Julien Pacull maitre du monde Perpignan france
151 Jonathan ROTH Saint-Avold France
152 Yves Post. Doc. Paris France
153 Pieter Heerema student Delft Netherlands
154 Olivier Serres Computer science student Belfort France
155 [Witheld] Technical Assistant, BI Rome IT
156 kimberly wiebe student Los Angeles CA
157 Luca de Angelis Student & Computer Engineer Rome Italy
158 [Witheld] IT Professional Rome IT
159 Cody Briggs student Los Angeles CA
160 Martunus Researcher Pekanabaru ID
161 Matteo Benaroyo Student of Engineering Roma Italy
162 Pierre THIERRY IT Professional Strasbourg France
163 Matteo Convertino MSc Student UniPd Padua Italy
164 Alexander Vaughn Student Birmingham AL
165 Jonatas Carvalho Barroso Student Fortaleza Ceara/Brazil
166 Alessandro LAN Administrator ROMA Italy
167 JOAO ALBERTO RICHTER CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER SAO PAULO SAO PAULO/BRAZIL
168 Asuquo Daniel MSc Student Ibadan Oyo State/Nigeria
169 [Witheld] Physics Student Cambridge England
170 Carlos López-Vázquez Montevideo Uruguay
171 [Witheld] Phd Student Paris France
172 [Witheld] Phd student Palaiseau France
173 [Witheld] Engineer Cincinnati OH/USA
174 Sarah Summerhill student Russellville Al
175 Marchal Engineer Saint Dié France
176 Olivier Kermorgant engineer Metz France
177 Brulin researcher Lille France
178 Justin Faulk Design Engineer Tulsa OK
179 [Witheld] rome italy
180 [Witheld] Ph.D. candidate Atlanta GA/USA
181 Jim Kiddoo Director of IT Operations Edmonton Alberta
182 Samuel COQUELIN Metz France
183 Marco Parreira Software Developer Lisbon Portugal
184 Léo Studer Engineer Padova Italia
185 studente Uniroma3 Rome Italy
186 [Witheld] Engineer Rome Italy
187 [Witheld] Student Cracow Poland
188 [Witheld] Student Cracow Poland
189 [Witheld] Computer Science Student Kraków Poland
190 Jerome Robert Engineer Toulouse France
191 Mathias Bavay Physicist Davos Switzerland
192 [Witheld] Caen France
193 Esteban A Coruña Spain
194 Jesus student A Coruña Spain
195 martin corme españa
196 [Witheld] Physicist Moscow Russia
197 [Witheld] Student Ottawa Canada
198 Dag Sverre Seljebotn Student Oslo Norway
199 Kürşad geophysicist Ankara Türkiye
200 Anthony Bundren Scottsburg Indiana/USA
201 Victor informatic student A Coruña Spain
202 Lucía A Coruña Spain
203 Bruce Smith East Lansing US
204 Cristina student ferrol spain
205 Keith McConnell Biomedical engineer Cincinnati OH
206 Guido Walter Pettinari Student Bologna Italy
207 Alvaro student Ourense España
208 Frank Centinello engineer Buffalo New York/ USA
209 [Witheld] Teacher Dalian P. R. CHINA
210 Ford Magden Software engineer Boulder Colorado
211 [Witheld] Student Lagos Nigeria
212 Afolabi Olusola Student Lagos Nigeria
213 David Neckels Scientist Boulder Colorado
214 Thomas Pirovano Bern Switzerland
215 Graeme Riley Numerical Modeller Exeter United Kingdom
216 Matthias Stripf Research Engineer Karlsruhe Germany
217 ALAKA student makudi NIGERIA BENUE
218 DORGAN Software engineer Toulouse France
219 Leopoldo Luis Student La Laguna Spain
220 Warren Andrews Graduate student San Diego CA
221 Jason Lenthe Software Engineer King of Prussia PA
222 [Witheld] Student Dresden Germany
223 Billy Bob Project Engineer Westmont IL/USA
224 Matt Fisher Particle Physicist Gainesville FL
225 Wolfgang Kerzendorf PhD Student Weston Creek Australia
226 Scholer Marie student STRASBOURG France
227 [Witheld] Engineering student Milan Italy
228 Paolo cogliones venice italy
229 David McCloskey Engineer Monroeville PA



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