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From: Charles Hethcoat <CHETHCOA@oss.oceaneering.com>
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Subject: Re: Is this language dead? - I think not
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Mr Plow <mr-plow@springfield.net> writes:
> Is no one using this lang [Icon] anymore?
Some people are. More should.
I currently have the following items under development using Icon:
* a 3d graphics library for making clear technical line art
* a higher-order scientific calculator with vector primitives and 'literate' input
* numerical routines such as adaptive (variable-stepsize) Runge-Kutta
integration, matrix and vector math, spline interpolation, and other stuff
like that
* a bunch of related support libraries and experimental code
All of the above amounts to some 10,000 lines, I guess, of Icon source
code. I am proceeding slowly, but making progress. (The main problem is
that I also have to earn a living.)
The eventual idea is to integrate this stuff with LaTeX and PostScript via
dvips. I want to make it easy to write one-step self-documenting
engineering analysis reports that are even more easily updated (tables,
graphics, and all) when the analysis input values change. Just like a
spreadsheet, but with decent page layout. I have found that Icon is just
about perfect for this sort of programming.
Charles Hethcoat