A look at FORM, a 1980s software used for the hardest particle physics problems, as it risks obsolescence while being maintained almost entirely by a retiree (Matt Von Hippel/Quanta Magazine)

Matt Von Hippel / Quanta Magazine:
A look at FORM, a 1980s software used for the hardest particle physics problems, as it risks obsolescence while being maintained almost entirely by a retiree  —  Maintenance of the software that's used for the hardest physics calculations rests almost entirely with a retiree.

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