Re: J3's workings

Gary Scott <garylscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think it is just as important to consider the reasons/features that
are present in other languages that draw programmers to them and away
from Fortran. We should be trying to bring them <back> to Fortran, not
just considering the captive audience.

Not likely. What's the incentive?

Fortran used to have a clear performance advantage for number
crunching. That's no longer the case today, at least not obviously
so. Regaining the advantage might make a difference. Maybe the
multicore processors present an opportunity.

--
pa at panix dot com
.

Relevant Pages