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- From: b259phl@utarlg.uta.edu (PHILIP LIPPEL)
- Subject: Re: Is FORTRAN a viable language?
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 01:02:00 GMT
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- In article <30DEC92.23333933@edison.usask.ca>, f54oguocha@edison.usask.ca writes...
- >
- >>Is FORTRAN dead?
- >>
- >>I had always thought that, while C/C++ may be
- >>getting more publicity, there were still scientists
- >>and engineers who used FORTRAN. So, where are
- >>all the FORTRAN messages?
-
- A very large fraction of the EXISTING code for scientific applications is in
- FORTRAN. This alone will assure its importance for some time to come. Which
- language you choose for new applications is another (religious) matter alto-
- gether, of course.
-