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Old May 1st 05, 03:14 AM
John Smith
 
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Actually... that isn't totally truthful...
Mathematicians (they controlled the development of Fortran!) are still using
the Apple platform and using Fortran, they are a hardnosed bunch
(dinosaurs?)... but I think this is mostly academic institutions and gov't
(probably even NASA)... they are always behind everyone else...

Regards,
John

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| Well, so is COBOL, still in use!!!
| However, mostly, it comes to play only to fix/patch old existing code.
| Usually, when the co/corp in question is either unable or unwilling to
| expend resources on translating/developing and are able to get by with a
| kludge...
|
| Regards,
| John
|
| "Mike Coslo" wrote in message
| ...
|| John Smith wrote:
||
||
|| But, Roy, Fortran is a dead language--even my beloved Pascal, which I
| hate
|| to admit, is a dead language... with the power, speed and freedom of
| "C++"
|| all other languages are obsolete (even assembly has fallen--just drop
to
|| inline assembly and write in assembly code) unless they run on minimal
|| platforms (thin clients)...
||
|| I would like to say, "This is just my opinion." However, I will stand
|| beside this as being fact... frown
||
|| Reports of Fortrans demise are greatly exxagerated. Dead since the late
|| 70's, but still in use.
||
|| - Mike KB3EIA -
|
|




 
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