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From: nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine)
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Subject: Re: Ada vs Fortran for scientific applications
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:17:24 -0700
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Bob Lidral <l1dralspamba1t@comcast.net> wrote:

> Years ago, I did a lot of programming on CDC CYBERS.  There were some
> operations that could result in either positive or negative zero.  It
> was also difficult to do character comparisons.

Me too. On the other hand, in other situations it was nice that you
never had to worry about range asymetry.

Sometimes one form is better. Sometimes the other. Sometimes it makes
little difference.

I consider claims that either form is universally and obviously superior
to be indicative of a narrow viewpoint. But then, if I read the
citations correctly, this is not new news. :-(

-- 
Richard Maine                    | Good judgement comes from experience;
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