(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.5240) Interesting article

[Bill Long]

A mixed bag.  Correct in noting the endurance of Fortran, but missing some of the important reasons, at least until the very end.  The factual errors were distressing.  And curious why Fortran is compared to 3 entirely irrelevant languages while the competitors to Fortran in real life are C++ and Python.  

Cheers,
Bill


On May 8, 2014, at 4:35 AM, John Reid <John.Reid at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Mike Metcalf has drawn my attention to this article
> 
> http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/scientific-computings-future-can-any-coding-language-top-a-1950s-behemoth/
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John.
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