From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Ada versus PL/I (was: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?)
Date: 1996/09/06
Date: 1996-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EACHUS.96Sep5203352@spectre.mitre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 96090415425634@psavax.pwfl.com
In article <96090415425634@psavax.pwfl.com> "Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93" <condicma@PWFL.COM> writes:
> I'll bet some Apl programmers think that PL/I _SUCKS_ because the
> commands are so bleeding long in comparison to what they're used
> to?
No, real APL programmers complain because primitive operations
like outer products and incomplete beta functions aren't provided. ;-)
I've actually thought about creating an Ada package whch provides
the "missing" functionality. The outer products are the pain. To
implement them by providing generics is possible, but you have to have
a generic formal type which has a first discriminant of number of
dimensions, and a second of scalar element type...
The field where APL is the best programming language available is
limited. But in that domain, nothing else comes close.
--
Robert I. Eachus
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-09-04 0:00 Ada versus PL/I (was: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?) Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus [this message]
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1996-09-05 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-09-04 0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-07-25 0:00 Ariane 5 - not an exception? Simon Bluck
1996-07-25 0:00 ` Multiple reasons for failure of Ariane 5 (was: Re: Ariane 5 - not an exception?) Kirk Beitz
1996-07-26 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-05 0:00 ` Darren C Davenport
1996-08-06 0:00 ` U32872
1996-08-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-08 0:00 ` Pascal Martin @lone
1996-08-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-10 0:00 ` dwnoon
1996-08-15 0:00 ` Richard Riehle
1996-08-22 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-08-31 0:00 ` Ada versus PL/I " Richard Riehle
1996-09-02 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-02 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-09-03 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-03 0:00 ` Robb Nebbe
1996-09-17 0:00 ` shmuel
1996-09-17 0:00 ` Jay McFadyen
1996-09-18 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-09-20 0:00 ` shmuel
1996-09-03 0:00 ` J. Kanze
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-09 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-09 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-09-03 0:00 ` ++ robin
1996-09-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-07 0:00 ` ++ robin
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