(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4355) How many Fortran programmers are there?

[Rasmussen, Craig]

A related question was asked tonight at the "programming models for
GPUs BOF" at supercomputing, specifically, "how many of you
programming in Fortran/C/C++. Roughly 30-40% were Fortran developers.
However, this was just the HPC community.

Also related:  I've been told that 80-90% of the Cray cycles at Oak
Ridge are Fortran applications.  100% of our main production codes at
LANL are in Fortran and roughly 50% of DOD codes are in Fortran.

However, from my experience, new codes tend not to be written in Fortran.

-craig

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Loren P Meissner <LPMeissner at msn.com> wrote:
> If nobody insists that the estimate be a ?real number,? just say it?s
> infinite.
>
> (Probably just as accurate as Van?s estimate, which would depend on whose
> hat you pull the random numbers out of.)
>
> =
>
> Two more possible alternatives:
>
> Implement interval arithmetic in each different programming language,
> declare a constant for interval 1.0, and compute 1.0/(1.0 ? 1.0) in interval
> arithmetic in each language.
>
> Ask some medieval scholar how many angels he decided could dance on a pin.
>
> Loren P Meissner
>
> ?Truth depends on a quest to discover what?s really out there, what really
> happened. It isn?t given over to you by simply following a set of rules.? ?
> Errol Morris
> ?Math education is not something you can dictate. The way to make a tree
> grow is not to yank it upward by the branches. ? ? Professor Hung-Hsi Wu, UC
> Berkeley
>
>
>
> From: j3-bounces at j3-fortran.org [mailto:j3-bounces at j3-fortran.org] On Behalf
> Of John Reid
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:54 PM
> To: WG5
> Subject: (j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4355) How many Fortran programmers are there?
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>
>
> WG5,
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>
>
> I have been asked if I can estimate how many Fortran programmers there are.
> Does anyone have any thoughts?
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>
>
> John.
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