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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,68f66270391b820 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-25 09:11:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D402036.171C354B@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Slices of 2d arrays? +HPF References: <5ee5b646.0207241633.6518ef31@posting.google.com> <3D3FF756.6010907@nbi.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 15:58:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.74.216.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1027612697 66.74.216.166 (Thu, 25 Jul 2002 08:58:17 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 08:58:17 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27405 Date: 2002-07-25T15:58:17+00:00 List-Id: 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. :-) -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** Things to be thankful for, #37: No sausage was served at the Last Supper.