OT: languages and github activity

[Imperatorn]

On Monday, 25 October 2021 at 17:58:38 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> On Monday, 25 October 2021 at 17:43:29 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
>> Interesting. But, why oh why is Fortran so high on that list? 😅
>
> My guess is that many in Physics are not interested enough in 
> programming to become proficient in C++? There might also be 
> communities where you are better off using what your colleagues 
> are using. Once a language dominates a field it tends to linger 
> on for decades…

Might be true. Just write what you're used to and already know. 
Just a bit unreasonably high still imo, but that might be the 
answer