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- From: oususalg@cs.montana.edu (Glassy)
- Subject: Re: Small Language Wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.153733.5683@coe.montana.edu>
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- Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana USA
- References: <1992Aug21.140111.24487@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <41910@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk> <1992Aug21.144444.11414@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:37:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.144444.11414@ncsu.edu> jwb@eos.ncsu.edu writes:
- !Mike Coughlin writes:
- [...Fortran works...]
-
- !Of course one can express "scientific and mathematical computations"
- !in Fortran, C, TeX, PostScript, etc. However, the tremendous interest
- !in "object-oriented" programming among engineers and scientists shows
- !that they have finally come to realize that the structure and
- !organization of data are important---not exactly one of Fortran's
- !strong points. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Have you taken a look at Fortran-90 lately? If you have, you'll have
- noted that the structure and organization of data are indeed strong
- points in F90. As far as the recent (1980-present) fashionable
- interest in object-oriented this-and-that, F90 supports data-hiding via
- modules, generic subprograms, operator and function overloading...
-
- F90 is not a 'small language', but it is an excellent tool in its
- appropriate application domain (science and engineering). People seem
- to be especially reluctant to 'update' their opinions regarding
- Fortran, and casting the baby out with the bathwater is all too
- common.
-
- !--
- !John Baugh
- !jwb@eos.ncsu.edu
-
-
- --
- Lou Glassy (oususalg@cs.montana.edu) C Delenda Est
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