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On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 02:00:37 -0500, c186282 wrote:

>    FORTRAN ... it remains 'important', esp in academic and professional
>    circles. Can NOT beat all the engineering/physics libs/functions writ
>    for FORTRAN over the years ... a solution for EVERYTHING complex.
>    It's not "popular" like Python ... but it's NOT going to go away
>    anytime soon. A 'niche' lang, but it's an important niche.

https://geodesy.noaa.gov/PC_PROD/SPCS83/

The new tool uses Java. The download zip has 28 .for files. Just for 
kicks, substituting 'f77' for 'c:\G77\bin\g77' and running make produces 
the original spcs83 in all its glory. 

There is a trove of Fortran code available from NOAA and related agencies.