Re: Slices of 2d arrays? +HPF

[Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com>]

Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> One should also consider the cost of converting a piece of
> software which nobody understands why works (both the Danish
> and the joint European weather forecast systems appear to be
> in this category) to anything else. I do not think it is
> realistic to convert this kind of software, but new
> development in the realms of scientific and high performance
> computing is certainly a worthwhile target for expansion of
> the use of Ada.

Another part of the problem is again a lack of libraries, I expect. About 15
years ago, I had in my hands an ACM publication which was basically 60 or 70
microfiche foils full of FORTRAN listings of numerical algorithms of all
kinds. Having this sort of resource at hand for FORTRAN and no such resource
at hand for Ada is a compelling argument against switching to Ada, methinks.

Now, if you could get the ACM to compile a similar set of free libraries and
give it away as part of the bonus you get for subscribing to CACM, maybe
you'd have an in. :-)

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