From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: Re: Sergeys PGCC port gives problems 9 Jun 1998 18:51:56 -0700 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980609091607.00ab88e0.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <199806081242 DOT NAA04332 AT linux DOT compd DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Kevin F. Quinn" , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Folks, Can you take up this discussion off-line? Its really not germane to this list. Appreciatively, Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02181 http://www.rfk.com At 01:43 PM 6/8/98 +0000, Kevin F. Quinn wrote: >vtailor AT gte DOT net wrote: > >[defending the statement, "Why do people still use Fortran ?"] > >> As the former editor of ACM SIGPLAN (Special Interest Group on Programming >> Languages) Notices, I have a license to make such comments. Since you >> identify yourself as a `Dr.' in the Dept. of theoretical chemistry >> defending the use of a standard from 1977 as though it were academically >> respectible, you should also take care making unprofessional statements on >> a public forum. It might be bad for your career. > >Hmph. Given your background then, I would have thought you would be >familiar with the following points: > >1) Theoretical chemists are, presumably, interested in theoretical >chemistry, not in re-writing Fortran code into C. > >2) Fortran has evolved since 1977 - your argument is equivalent to >deprecating the use of C as a language of 1978 (date of first publication >of K&R). > >3) From a technical perspective, the choice of language is irrelevant. >Each have their pros and cons, but essentially Fortran, C, PASCAL et. al. >all do the same job. > >4) Given that this is a public forum, it stands to reason that there are >many people here with many different requirements. The idea that everyone >should use C at all times is preposterous. > >5) There are significant amounts of Fortran code out there, which works - >especially in academic circles other than computer science and also in the >real world. Are you suggesting it should all be re-written in C just for >the sake of it? Do you really think that would be a good career move? > >Kev. > >-- >Kevin F. Quinn >Email: mailto:kevq AT banana DOT demon DOT co DOT uk >Web: http://www.banana.demon.co.uk/ > >DH/DSS PGP Key ID BF2270F3, F'print CF8E7A81E372B57AA793 2AC7E016EB00BF2270F3 >RSA PGP Key ID 22DEFDE5, F'print 92DB91B153F10711 4272B2940D7C7D77 >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".