F77/C++

I read this paper:
http://www.uop.edu.jo/download/PdfCourses/Cplus/cppf77.pdf

And it was published TIME ago, so i was wondering, is there any point in using FORTRAN for the complex math in a program? (for example in a physics engine or a graphics modeller)

Opinions please chaps, and anyone mixed anything else with C++?

The usual reason given why numerical code is written in FORTRAN is that the language rules lets the compiler perform better and more aggressive optimizations than C/C++ (something about arrays and pointers, I don't know I don't even work here).