Re: NYT disses Fortran
- From: "Michael Metcalf" <michaelmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 22:43:15 -0400
"Ron Ford" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:53:33 -0400, Michael Metcalf wrote:
"Greg Lindahl" <lindahl@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/business/31fha.html?ref=todayspaperWho volunteers to write a nice Letter to the Editor pointing how wrong
In addition, the agency's computer systems are antiquated so the
average age is 18 old years that Mr. Montgomery has joked that he is
in the market for Fortran programmers. (To his astonishment, a staff
member told him the agency actually does need experts familiar with
Fortran, the computer language introduced in 1957 and now rarely
used. Some of the agency's machines have been humming along for 28
years.)
this
is?
Why nice?
Because nice letters get published.
MM
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