I think this Fortran quote is hilarious cause that language is ugly and awful to work with, which is why no one uses it anymore. "no paralysis of choice" yeah, no choice of a more readable and maintainable language to work with.
how do you find it ugly? Can you provide specifics? Have you ever used it? Have you checked out the latest standards 2018 and 2023? By the way, it is still pretty much alive and well: fortran-lang.discourse.group/