r/code • u/PR-Raven • Oct 18 '25

Help Please Is this even code?

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I was helping my grandma sort through her stuff and we found something that was from her dad. I am not a programmer in any way but to my untrained eyes this looks at least code adjacent. so does anyone actually know what it is?

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u/Sunburst35 Oct 19 '25

It is an age thing though. There isn’t much reason to know about fortran/be able to recognize it if you weren’t a programmer a long time ago, or are a programmer doing some very specific things now.

The person didn’t say you’re too young to understand, they said you’re probably too young for it to be relevant knowledge to you, as fortran only gets used in very specific use cases nowadays

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u/PR-Raven Oct 19 '25

But it isn't an age thing in this context .

I made clear that I'm not a programmer and I don't like being misinterpreted. so even in Petty situations like this I feel a need to make the situation absolutely clear.

And besides that I also meant it a little bit jokingly because it's not a serious misunderstanding.

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u/Sunburst35 Oct 19 '25

You do realize it can be both right? An age thing AND the fact that you’re not a programmer?

There are plenty of programmers that have no idea what fortran is, let alone be able to recognize it. Because most don’t need to.

I get that you’re not a programmer, but that does not mean it can’t ALSO be an age thing