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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a498aa1404ef5d87 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Pat Rogers" Subject: Re: Why C++ is successful Date: 1998/07/29 Message-ID: <6potrl$9jg$1@uuneo.neosoft.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 376230595 References: <35AE4621.2EBC7F6A@eiffel.com> <6p83vj$657$1@news.intellistor.com> <35B79E7D.6068DCDF@eiffel.com> <6pg7fg$qhi$1@news.interlog.com> <901533851.20058.0.nnrp-04.9e980ba3@news.demon.co.uk> <35be2a94.57352308@netnews.msn.com> <6plvgl$eaf$1@news-1.news.gte.net> <35bebe5f.95187031@netnews.msn.com> <6pn9af$hqd$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <35BF51A2.B199FDFA@gmv.es> <6poobv$8dn$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <35c0edf6.9796817@news.erols.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ell wrote in message <35c0edf6.9796817@news.erols.com>... >"Pat Rogers" wrote: > >>Juan Carlos Gil Montoro wrote in message <35BF51A2.B199FDFA@gmv.es>... >>> You'll be happy you did. >>> Fortran 90 and Fortran 95 are modern languages unbeatable (IMHO) in >>>their niche. >> >> >>Since you mention it, what would you say is Fortran's niche that the language is >>unbeatable in filling? (Serious request for opinion, not yet another language >>flame war ignition.) > >Mathematical calculations. The science, engineering, business, and >other groups requiring large amounts of efficient math processing have >overwhelmingly adopted Fortran for decades. Gee, thanks. I didn't know that. Sigh. I suppose I didn't ask it well -- I meant " what is it about Fortran that makes it unbeatable as a language for the niche *Juan Carlos* considers it to fill?"