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- From: kers@hplb.hpl.hp.com (Chris Dollin)
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 07:17:41 GMT
- Subject: Re: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
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- In-Reply-To: KGZXK@ASUACAD.BITNET's message of 1 Sep 92 19:41:25 GMT
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- In article ... KGZXK@ASUACAD.BITNET (Zafer KADI) writes:
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- There is no one wrong or right on the issue of :
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- 1. FORTRAN or anyother language.
- All you Computer Science major that think Fortran is so bad can
- you tell me anyother language that has all the forms of numbers
- that the scinetist use such as integers, real numbers and COMPLEX
- numbers.
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- Just to keep the record straight: Common Lisp and Poplog Pop11 both have
- integers, floats, and complexes. They also have ratios. Scheme has them all in
- the standard, but an implementation need only provide a coherent subset.
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- But this doesn't mean that I'm suggesting ``scientists'' (now *there's* an
- abstract term!) should write in Pop.
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- Regards, Kers. | ``Remember Thor Five!'' (Earthman, Come Home)
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