# What is a Fortran programmer called?

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**Created:** [December 27, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/what-is-a-fortran-programmer-called/10575 "2025-12-27T17:51:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![fxm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/fxm/32/5726_2.png) [@fxm](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/fxm)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/what-is-a-fortran-programmer-called/10575/8 "2025-12-28T18:18:23Z")

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Clearly Fortraner (or “Fort-Runner”, see [image in this thread](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/fortran-returns-to-top-20-tiobe-index/1069/272)) 🙂

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