Why isn't Fortran cool in 2025?

On the surface Fortran has it all. Highly optimised compilers for many (if not all) platforms, awesome multi-dimensional arrays for use in numerical algorithms, a reasonably readable syntax, semi-automatic dynamic memory handling, etc. The main problem with modern Fortran is that there is too much friction: The language is generally perceived as old and outdated, there are "much better" modern…