From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a498aa1404ef5d87 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: ell@access.digex.net (Ell) Subject: Re: Why C++ is successful Date: 1998/07/30 Message-ID: <35c0fc5f.13485050@news.erols.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 376233988 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <35AE4621.2EBC7F6A@eiffel.com> <6p83vj$657$1@news.intellistor.com> <35B79E7D.6068DCDF@eiffel.com> <6pg7fg$qhi$1@news.interlog.com> <901533851.20058.0.nnrp-04.9e980ba3@news.demon.co.uk> <35be2a94.57352308@netnews.msn.com> <6plvgl$eaf$1@news-1.news.gte.net> <35bebe5f.95187031@netnews.msn.com> <6pn9af$hqd$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <35BF51A2.B199FDFA@gmv.es> <6poobv$8dn$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <35c0edf6.9796817@news.erols.com> <6potrl$9jg$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com X-Trace: winter.news.erols.com 901774810 2036 207.172.44.41 (30 Jul 1998 05:00:10 GMT) Organization: Universe Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: ell@access.digex.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-07-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Pat Rogers" wrote: > >Ell wrote in message <35c0edf6.9796817@news.erols.com>... >>"Pat Rogers" wrote: >> >>>Juan Carlos Gil Montoro wrote in message <35BF51A2.B199FDFA@gmv.es>... > > >>>> You'll be happy you did. >>>> Fortran 90 and Fortran 95 are modern languages unbeatable (IMHO) in >>>>their niche. >>> >>> >>>Since you mention it, what would you say is Fortran's niche that the language >is >>>unbeatable in filling? (Serious request for opinion, not yet another language >>>flame war ignition.) >> >>Mathematical calculations. The science, engineering, business, and >>other groups requiring large amounts of efficient math processing have >>overwhelmingly adopted Fortran for decades. > > >Gee, thanks. I didn't know that. > >Sigh. I suppose I didn't ask it well -- I meant " what is it about Fortran that >makes it unbeatable as a language for the niche *Juan Carlos* considers it to >fill?" Do you think he was talking about any niche other than mathematical calculations, if you knew that was the thing Fortran was great at? Please don't give me an ignorant attitude for the obvious, if you have some other dumb motivation for being a pain. Elliott -- :=***=: Objective * Pre-code Modelling * Holistic :=***=: Hallmarks of the best SW Engineering "The domain object model is the foundation of OOD." Check out SW Modeller vs SW Craftite Central : www.access.digex.net/~ell Copyright 1998 Elliott. exclusive of others' writing. may be copied without permission only in the comp.* usenet and bitnet groups.