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		candiddevmike on Nov 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: test, [, and [[ (2020) It works fine, you can satisfy your boolean logic needs with bash tests and exit codes. You'd be amazed at how much of the world runs (just fine!) on bash conditionals.

hyperhopper on Nov 23, 2023 [–]

You'd be surprised how much of the world runs on cobol and Fortran.

Doesn't mean those are good or even okay or that people should choose to use them.

Annatar on Nov 23, 2023 | [–]

Modern post-2012 Fortran is excellent, and the compiler produces very fast code, GPU or otherwise. And it is very portable.

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