# Anecdotal Fortran... :-)

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Python and Fortran share something: both are divine.

- Python was Gaia’s son: [Python (mythology) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(mythology))
- Fortran’s father is [Backus](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/john-backus-1924-2007-fortrans-father/873), and Bacchus is the roman name of [Dionysus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus), a son of Zeus and a god of many things. One of his epithets was Dimetor Διμητωρ _(“Twice-Born”)_ and refers to Dionysus’ two births (Fortran I and Fortran 90?). He was also said to be young and old, _“the older and the younger of all gods”._

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