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  1. Xref: sparky comp.edu:1500 comp.lang.fortran:3396 comp.lang.misc:2906 comp.arch:9185 sci.math:10912
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  3. From: rons@hardy.u.washington.edu (Ronald Schoenberg)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc,comp.arch,sci.math
  5. Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep3.020355.20338@u.washington.edu>
  7. Date: 3 Sep 92 02:03:55 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: u.1992Sep3.020355.20338
  9. References: <92245.124125KGZXK@ASUACAD.BITNET> <MEISSNER.92Sep1202838@curley.os <MIKE.92Sep2100445@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu>
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  12. Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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  15. In article <MIKE.92Sep2100445@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu> mike@majestix.cs.uoregon.edu (Michael John Haertel) writes:
  16. >In article <MEISSNER.92Sep1202838@curley.osf.org> meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) writes:
  17. >> C++.
  18. >
  19. >Ah, yes.  "The most complicated complex number extension ever invented
  20. >for any language."  (I first heard that from Bart Massey.)
  21.  
  22. Yeah, but in C++ if you don't like the implementation you can write
  23. your own.  Would you be able to do that in Fortran 90?
  24.