I would like to meet the person that decided the Fortran matrix layout was going to be column-major[1] and scream in their face. That is all.
[1] Or, equivalently, the person that made every other language row-major[2].
[2] If BCPL[3] is row-major than that would be Martin Rochards for all languages I deal with at the moment.
[3] Remember kinds you can make BCPL object oritented too!