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-Thread: 103376,6609c40f81b32989 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:25:29 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.pl1 From: Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:27:02 -0400 Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use References: <4bb9c72c$0$6990$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <4bba8bf1$0$56418$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4bbb2246$8$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> <4bbb5386$0$56422$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> Mail-Copies-To: nobody Organization: Atid/2 X-CompuServe-Customer: Yes X-Coriate: interspeed.co.nz X-Ecrate: tanandtanlawyers.com X-Pose: George Cox X-Punge: Micro$oft X-Sanguinate: The MVS Guy X-Terminate: SPA(GIS) X-Tinguish: Mark Griffith X-Treme: C&C,DWS X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Message-ID: <4bbdf5c6$1$fuzhry+tra$mr2ice@news.patriot.net> X-Newsreader: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v3.00.11.18 BETA/60 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.72.26.106 X-Trace: sv3-tNaYXn8XdFcBNhGNqgXxaOxGKq9v9JELAWfXpsiwBPXGrb5CZLkkJTjGrvT4L25bgaTI7Vgt9NBWTwY!M7/Tym1ZaOipX+4+4BrMJdckWCiXYqoRZPUvSe0U3vl1PTtIBNMr1A5A96JwqvjD6ODvnmXVCUyL!Taoo+eHA2NcaFxzwZUXvzhBOb3vC7m4= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:25:33 UTC (s01-b037) Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news2.google.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.velia.net!weretis.net!feeder2.news.weretis.net!news.mb-net.net!open-news-network.org!news.mccarragher.com!s01-b037!cyclone01.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!216.196.98.148.MISMATCH!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.lerostechnologies!news.posted.lerostechnologies.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9935 comp.lang.fortran:22240 comp.lang.pl1:1137 Date: 2010-04-08T11:27:02-04:00 List-Id: In , on 04/07/2010 at 08:27 PM, Simon Wright said: >Wasn't Ada Augusta's first program an algorithm to compute Fibonacci >numbers? That would certainly have been in machine code. But was it a new algorithm, or merely a transcription of an algorithm that she already knew? And, more important, do you know for a fact that *Robin* knew about it? Note carefully what I asked and what I didn't ask. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT Unsolicited bulk E-mail subject to legal action. I reserve the right to publicly post or ridicule any abusive E-mail. Reply to domain Patriot dot net user shmuel+news to contact me. Do not reply to spamtrap@library.lspace.org