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: 8d3408f8c3,9bdec20bcc7f3687 X-Google-Attributes: gid8d3408f8c3,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!goblin1!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!exi-transit.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!exi-spool.telstra.net!exi-reader.telstra.net!not-for-mail From: "robin" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.fortran References: <4bb9c72c$0$6990$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 20:54:48 +1000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3664 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 Message-ID: <4bed3525$0$67490$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.139.71.141 X-Trace: 1273836839 exi-reader.telstra.net 67490 144.139.71.141:1068 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:11605 comp.lang.fortran:25585 Date: 2010-05-14T20:54:48+10:00 List-Id: "none" wrote in message news:pan.2010.04.05.20.51.46.20000@none.net... | On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:19:07 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote: | Dismissing Algol as ephemeral ignores its influence and continuing usage | as a base of pseudo-codes. Important numerical libraries were first | implemented in ALgol, and later translated to Fortran when Algol's | momentum faltered. Here's another example that I came across today: Don Shell published his algorithm in machine code. (A High-Speed Sorting Procedure, CACM, July 1959, p. 30-32.)