Fortran? Why No!

[Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskiL@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU>]

"Floyd J. James" message ended with this:

> FORTRAN is not the answer; FORTRAN
> is the question.  The answer is "No!"

I would like to know why? In my opinion, Fortan,
or a similar language, like True Basic, is a very
useful tool. It offers us a possibility of writing
formulas in nearly the same way we write them
by hand. What aspects of Fortran are not desirable?
Ludwik Kowalski