fortran's wager

Pascal built the Pascaline in 1642 — one of the first mechanical calculators. Gears, dials, carry mechanisms. He spent years trying to offload arithmetic from human minds into metal. A programming language was later named after him. That language is dead now. The wager survives. Pascal&rsquo;s Wager: you can&rsquo;t prove God exists. But the math favors belief — infinite upside if you&rsquo;re…