Re: Where is the elusive jump command?

["Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com>]

David Starner wrote:
> You might be surprised, though. The Comp Sci department still offers
> Fortran 77 (taught by the prof who was a graduate student when Fortran
> first appeared), and the Engineering Department forces all engineering
> students to take Fortran 90 (Intro to Engineering Programming). That CS
> Fortran class has more enrollment than the Ada class, too.
> 
Aside from the fact that there is tons of Fortran code lying around
already, is there any reason why "number crunching" or
"scientific/engineering software" couldn't be taught/done in Ada? My
Fortran experience was back in the Fortran 77 days and I don't recall
anything being in the language that couldn't be done just as well - if
not better - in Ada95. (Especially given Ada's type capabilities and
precise definitions for math ops, numeric attributes, etc.)

And if the only argument against it is the tons of existing math
libraries, then theres Ada's interface capability to argue in its favor.

Its a market that could be tapped - and maybe one that isn't already
anti-Ada biased. Hmmmmmmmmm........

MDC
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